Oil companies in Basra to build housing units for their personnel

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: A number of oil companies in Basra have submitted a project proposal to build a residential compound for their personnel in the province, a local official said on Sunday. “The project includes the establishment of 1,500 housing units on an area of 2,473 donums,” the deputy head of the investment commission, Jalal Tema Nouri, told IraqiNews.com news agency. The project has been put forward by three companies, Nouri added. The Shiite city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1