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Australia expresses interest in Iraqi field

by Kevin Baxter on Feb 22, 2010

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An official from the provincial council of the Iraqi province of Wassit has said that the Australian Industrial Chamber of Commerce is interested in investing in a Wassit oilfield.

"On Sunday, the provincial council in Wassit received a delegation comprised of representatives of the Australian Industrial Chamber of Commerce," the head of the reconstruction committee in the council, Eng. Mahdi al-Zubaydi, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

The field in question is near al-Ahdab field, 25 km west of the provincial capital of Kut.

Kut is 180 km southeast of Baghdad.

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