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Final Draft of Iraq Gas Deal with Shell within 10 Days | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
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BASRA, Iraq, (Reuters) – The final draft of Iraq’s multibillion-dollar deal with Royal Dutch Shell to capture flared gas at southern oilfields will be completed within 10 days, a senior Iraqi oil official said on Friday.

“We are confident that the final draft will be completed within a week, 10 days maximum,” Deputy Oil Minister Ahmed al-Shamma said at an oil conference in the southern oil hub of Basra.