Shell Executive: Realistic Iraq Output Target 6 Mln-7 Mln B/D

Shell Executive: Realistic Iraq Output Target 6 Mln-7 Mln B/D
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Πεμ, 17 Μαΐου 2012 - 17:39
Iraq can realistically target crude production of 6 million to 7 million barrels a day, a senior Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB) executive said Thursday.
Iraq can realistically target crude production of 6 million to 7 million barrels a day, a senior Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB) executive said Thursday.

Iraq "has acknowledged" that its post-war output target of 11 million barrels a day by 2020 is too ambitious, said Ruth Cairnie, Shell executive vice president for strategy and planning.

However, the country--which the International Energy Agency says has steadily been improving production by 250,000 barrels a day since August--can realistically grow output from current levels of around 2.68 million barrels a day to between 6 million and 7 million barrels a day.

Shell, which is renovating the giant Majnoon field with
Malaysia 's Petronas, is one of the largest oil companies operating in Iraq .

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