Shahristani: Iraq has 11% of the total world oil reserves.
27/06/2012 13:35:00
BAGHDAD / Nina / Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussein al-Shahristani said Iraq has 11% of the total world oil reserves.

A statement by his office quoted him as saying in a lecture titled / Iraqi contribution in the international response to the challenges of energy and crisis / at the Indonesian foreign policy: "Iraq has a large reserve of oil and gas, about 11% of the total of the world's oil, in addition to a large quantity of gas that will be invested in the coming years."

Shahristani added "there are more than / 400 / hydrocarbon potential sites in Iraq have not been excavated, and according to the surveys under the satellite there are large stocks of oil and gas." /End