Increasing Iraq’s oil exports will require years – MP

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Large increases in Iraq’s oil exports cannot be achieved this year, the head of the Iraqi Parliament’s oil and gas committee said on Thursday. “Iraq will bear witness to the fruits of the oil investments after two or three years,” Lawmaker Abdilhadi al-Hassani told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said that to increase oil exports first requires improving oil production, which can often takes years of work. MH (P)/SR 2