Oil excavation in Karbala, production next year – official

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A Ministry of Oil  geological seismic team arrived in Ain Tamr area to excavate for oil.   Officials here believe that Karbala will be “an oil province” next year.   Ain Tamr‘s local government official Mahfoudh Satai told IraqiNews.com that “there were many oil wells discovered 1970s that have not been fully excavated.”   Karbala‘s local government asked the Ministry of Oil to place this area within its international bid for excavations.   The team will start work next month, which is expected to be completed within ten months.   There are four wells in the area which lies 85 km west of Karbala. RM (TS)/SR 587