China's CNPC becomes lead contractor for Iraq's West Qurna 1 oilfield

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China's CNPC becomes lead contractor for Iraq's West Qurna 1 oilfield

STORY: China's CNPC becomes lead contractor for Iraq's West Qurna 1 oilfield SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 1, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the handover ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): BASSIM MOHAMMED KHUDAIR, Iraqi deputy oil minister for extraction affairs 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN MINGZHUO, General manager of the Project 4. various of the West Qurna 1 oilfield in Iraq STORYLINE: China's leading oil and gas producer, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), officially took over from U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil as the lead contractor for Iraq's West Qurna 1 oilfield on Monday. Iraqi officials, Chinese diplomats, and representatives of oil companies attended the handover ceremony. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): BASSIM MOHAMMED KHUDAIR, Iraqi deputy oil minister for extraction affairs "We congratulate CNPC for being the main contractor in this contract, and we have full confidence in CNPC, with its manpower, strategy, and vision, that this p

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