Iraq Asks BP To Redevelop Kirkuk Oil Fields

Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar Al-Luiebi has asked BP to develop the oil fields in oil-rich Kirkuk, just a day after Iraq’s government forces completed an operation to seize control of all oil fields that Iraqi state-held North Oil Company operates in Kirkuk. Al-Luiebi has asked the UK supermajor '‘to quickly make plans to develop the Kirkuk oilfields,” Reuters quoted a statement by Iraq’s Oil Ministry as saying on Wednesday. The ministry said in a separate statement that it would now proceed with development plans for the Kirkuk…