BP discusses oil well in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: A delegation from British Petroleum (BP) is in Basra to discuss the issue of developing an oil well in the province. “BP should improve the production of the Northern al-Rumaila oil well from 1.5 to 3m bpd per year,” a local source told IraqiNews.com news agency on Saturday. He stressed that it is important that the company uses Iraqi manpower to execute the project. The oil-rich city of Basra lies 590 km south of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 2