** FILE ** An Iraqi worker operates the valves at the oil fields of Rumailah, near the southern city of Basra, Iraq, in this Aug. 28, 2005 file picture. Oil prices extended gains from a late rally in the previous session, driven by expectations OPEC will maintain its current output at a meeting later Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Nabil Al-Jurani, File)
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2005-08-28
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Image courtesy of NABIL AL-JURANI /AP/SCANPIX
Shell gets Basra gas extension
Iraq has extended a memorandum of understanding with Anglo-Dutch supermajor
Shell on a natural gas venture around the southern oil hub of Basra for six
months from March 2010, Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said today.
News wires
08 March 2010 02:26 GMT