"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Iraq doesn't seem to have that much oil either, at the moment and for
a while to come. Certainly has the potential for abundant oil money
of course.

Actually, quite a bit. Production is now close to pre-war levels: 2.5
BILLION barrels a day, of which 1.9 billion barrels is exported. The
production by year-end could be above its 1991 levels and bumping up
against its then-OPEC quota.


In the southern sector the fields around Basra are now at
127% of pre-war output and exports will rise now
the Khor al-Amaya terminal has been re-opened for the first
time since 1991

Keith