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Locals look for benefits in oil boom

Haider Banyan has big plans for the relatively small – by Iraq standards – Nassiriya oil field.

The federal government is readying a contract with foreign oil firms and Banyan, deputy governor of Dhi Qar province, is banking it will pay off.

Leading an investment tour to the field, 23 miles northwest of the province’s capital, also called Nassiriya, Banyan says the local community will get what he feels it is due.

“At the end we will get the benefit of a half-dollar on each b…

By Ben Lando of Iraq Oil Report
Published September 8, 2009

Haider Banyan has big plans for the relatively small – by Iraq standards – Nassiriya oil field.

The federal government is readying a contract with foreign oil firms and Banyan, deputy governor of Dhi Qar province, is banking it will pay off.

Leading an investment tour to the field, 23 miles northwest of the province’s capital, also called Nassiriya, Banyan says the local community will get what he feels it is due.

“At the end we will get the benefit of a half-dollar on each b…

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