Thursday, April 22, 2010

North Oil Company (NOC) Digs 9 New Oil Wells ...

April 22, 2010

NOC digs 9 new oil wells

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi state-run North Oil Company (NOC) said that it finalized the process of digging nine new oil wells.

“NOC seeks to rehabilitate 13 other oil wells during the coming days,” a source from the company told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He noted that production rates of the company have been increased by a margin of more than 25 thousand barrels of oil.

The oil-rich city of Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad.