Iraqi Oil Minister Meets Delegation from Lukoil & INPEX

Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil Hayan Abdul Ghani Al-Sawad met today (Wednesday) with a joint delegation from Russia's Lukoil and Japan's INPEX. The discussions focused on cooperation across Iraq's oil, gas, and energy sectors.

The delegation included Ivan Romanovsky, Lukoil Vice President for the Middle East; Elnur Karbanov, General Manager of Lukoil Overseas (operator of the Eridu field in Block 10); Ghassan Saidnafi, Deputy Director of Lukoil Iraq Branch; Munihiro Hosono, Senior Vice President of INPEX; and Shinya Toshi, INPEX Vice President for the Middle East.