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Q&A: Hassan Mohammed Hassan, deputy Basra Oil chief in charge of licensing round fields and West Qurna 1

Basra's fields bore the brunt of the OPEC-plus production curtailments, and they are ready to surge as output quotas lift.
Hassan Mohammed Hassan, the Deputy Director General of the Basra Oil Company in charge of licensing rounds affairs and the head of the joint management committee of West Qurna 1, in his office. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report)

BASRA - As the OPEC-plus coalition anticipates easing off production cuts in 2021, oil fields in Basra are ready.

After the Oil Ministry ordered roughly 1 million bpd of cumulative cuts, many fields have already begun climbing back to their former capacity, while others can be ramped up quickly.

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