Q&A: Ihsan Ismaael, director general of Basra Oil Company
Iraq's largest state oil company is expanding production capacity and building new infrastructure as it waits out an OPEC quota.
Ihsan Ismaael at his office in Basra in June 2019. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report)
BASRA - The state-run Basra Oil Company (BOC) has borne the brunt of Iraq’s efforts to cut production in compliance with an OPEC agreement – but it’s also ready for a rebound.
Capacity is expanding at the ExxonMobil-operated West Qurna 1, the Eni-operated Zubair field, and smaller fields operated by BOC. And at the Majnoon field, floodwaters have been contained and projects are underway to provide longer-term protection.
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