Azerbaijan, Baku, May 29 /Trend A.Taghiyeva/
Iraq plans to increase production capacity of oil fields of Al-Garraf and Al-Nasr through the increasing the number of wells in these fields, spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry Asym Jihad told Trend on Tuesday.
Jihad said five new wells are planned to be drilled at the Al-Garraf field. This means oil production in this field will be 35,000 barrels of oil per day.
Eight wells will be drilled at the Al-Nasiriyah field, resulting in the number of wells reaching 15. Oil production in this field will then reach 50,000 barrels per day, Jihad said.
In April 2012, Iraq increased its oil exports to 2.508 million bpd, the highest figure since 1989, Jihad said previously.
According to BP, the proven oil reserves in Iraq as of early 2011 amounted to 115 billion barrels, which makes the country the third after Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Major oil fields of Iraq are Rumaila, Zubair, Nahr Umr, Majnoon and West Qurna in south of the country. Some 80 per cent of oil produced in the country is exported. Iraq supplies oil to Jordan, Turkey and Syria.