Iraq to drill in Kuwait border field

Iraq is preparing to launch a fast-result drilling campaign in the shared Kuwaiti/Iraqi Safwan oilfield—which was once used to justify Iraq's invasion of its neighbour in 1990—without any international talks being held, as the oil minister chases quick results in order to placate the opposition.

Drilling in the shared Iraqi/Kuwaiti Safwan oilfield is imminent, according to the Iraqi Oil Ministry, although it remains unclear whether Kuwait has even have been contacted about the project; meanwhile, IOC project negotiations for the much larger Nassiriya field seem to be dragging out even further.