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Q&A: Bassem Abdul Karim Nassir, head of the Iraqi Drilling Company

The director general of Iraq's state-run drilling company discusses plans to help the country boost production in an era of higher oil prices and loosening OPEC constraints.
Iraqi Drilling Company Director General Bassim Abdul Karim Nassir at his office in Basra. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report)

BASRA - With global oil prices growing stronger, the financial crisis ebbing, and the restraints from OPEC easing, Iraq's oil sector is eyeing a resurgence.

This means more drilling, and the state-run Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) wants to put dozens of idle rigs to work.

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