South Oil Company announced achieving an increase in production by 20%, in comparison with the 2011 figures.
The increase reached to 2.4 million barrels in the first quarter of this year, 2013.
Director general Dhia Jaffar, in a press conference, attended by Aswat al-Iraq, said that the increase was 20% in comparison to 2011 production.
As for the first quarter of this year, he added that the increase in production reached to 2.4 million b/d, out of which 2.18 b/d are exported.
He pointed out that the storage capacity reached from 5.25 million to 6.4 million, pointing that the export capacities depend on the climate, maintenance and electrical problems.
Aswat Aliraq
7 April
