Iraq Seeks Bids to Develop Gas Field
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 24, 2008
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi Oil Ministry said on Sunday that it had invited local and international oil companies to bid for contracts, including one to develop a natural gas field in a Sunni area in the western part of the country.
The ministry has set a deadline of April 24 for companies to submit detailed plans to help develop the Akkas gas field in the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar province, the ministry said on its Web site. The Akkas field has estimated reserves of more than 2.15 trillion cubic feet
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