Iraq Sets Up Reservoir Data Center as Studies Get Under Way

18 February 2005 Iraq’s oil ministry has launched its first reservoir study center, as it gears up to work with international companies BP, Exploration Consultants Ltd. (ECL) and Royal Dutch/Shell on landmark reviews of its key Rumaila and Kirkuk oil fields, according to an Iraqi oil official. The center, established by the ministry’s reservoirs and field development department, is the first in Iraq, and has already been equipped with workstations…