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Q&A: Jumaha Sheyah al-Maliki, Director of Water Resources in Basra

Iraq's natural waterways have little spare supply for oil fields that need more water injection to sustain reservoir pressure and hit higher production targets.
Jumaha Sheyah al-Maliki, director of water resources in Basra, at his office in June 2023. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report)

BASRA - Iraq’s southern oil fields need large amounts of water to maintain reservoir pressure and avoid production declines.

The volumes required vary from field to field, according to Jumaha Sheyah al-Maliki, Director of Water Resources in the southern Basra Province, who spoke with Iraq Oil Report at his office in Basra.

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