Iran, Iraq agree deal to develop two oilfields

GENEVA, Apr 07 (Reuters): Iran and Iraq have come to an agreement about developing two oilfields on their mutual border, Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh was quoted saying on Sunday.

The agreement is for the development of the Naft Shahr and Khorramshahr oilfields, Zanganeh said, according to a report on Iran's oil ministry website.

The report gave no details on what the agreement involved, how much investment would be made, or what timescale was envisaged for the project.

The energy industries in the two countries already have close links and Iraq relies heavily on Iranian gas to feed its power stations.

Iraq imports roughly 1.5 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day from Iraq via pipelines in the south and east of the country. Zanganeh noted Iraq owes Iran approximately $1.0 billion for gas supplied in the past.