Sentence examples for west qurna from inspiring English sources

"They said 'We are not getting enough profit from West Qurna 1,' " Mr. Abdullah said.

The one major U.S. contract went to ExxonMobil, for refurbishing the West Qurna 1 field.

One deal was made with Lukoil, a Russian company, to develop the West Qurna field.

Those interests are largely in places like West Qurna, one of the world's largest oil deposits.

West Qurna is believed to hold 8.7 billion barrels of oil.

The more sweeping drilling tendering for this field, called West Qurna 2, is just getting under way now.

The government could prohibit Exxon from participating in future auctions or end its contract for West Qurna 1, he said.

The joint venture has been awarded rights to the gas from the Rumaila, Zubair and West Qurna fields.

Lukoil projects that West Qurna could produce 500,000 barrels of a day in a few years after significant investment.

The other potential production alliance between the companies, the West Qurna field in Iraq, would have strong political overtones.

Iraq is also negotiating with foreign companies to develop the West Qurna field, which has 8.6 billion barrels of oil.