New Oil Well North of Amara in Iraq

Engineers and technicians in Maysan embarked on drilling a new oil well north the city of al-Amara, according to the Maysan Oil Company information official. “Works to drill the Nour-9 well, located five kilometers north of Amara, started 30 October 2009 in association with the Iraqi Drilling Company as part of a new plan by the Maysan Oil Company to increase production,” Ali Abbas Sadeq, said. He said the plan envisages the drilling of 10 new wells in the al-Halfaya field in 2009/2010.

“The company had finalized drilling works on the Halfaya-7 well, from which crude oil already flowed, contributing to an increase in oil production,” Sadeq added. Maysan is home to six productive oilfields – al-Bazrakan, Abu Gharb, al-Fakka, al-Halfaya and al-Amara in addition to Majnoon, an oilfield that belongs to the province in partnership with the South Oil CompanySouth Oil Company. The province also houses five discovered non-productive fields – al-Huwayza, al-Rafie, Rafidain al-Sharqi, al-Dujaila and Kemit.- Zawya