New well to pump oil to Turkey

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A process to pump oil to Turkey from a new well near the district of Zammar, Ninewa province, is underway at a capacity of 500 barrels per day (bpd), an official source at the Ain Zala company said on Thursday. “Technicians from Ain Zala company launched production from a new oil well in Aska village, near Zammar district, (40 km) west of Mosul, in cooperation with an Italian firm,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. According to Iraqi official sources, the country is exporting nearly 500,000 bpd via the Turkish port of Ceyhan. AmR (P) 1