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

IRAQ-BASRA-WEST QURNA 1 OILFIELD-CHINA-CNPC-LEAD CONTRACTOR

IRAQ-BASRA-WEST QURNA 1 OILFIELD-CHINA-CNPC-LEAD CONTRACTOR

(240101) -- BASRA (IRAQ), Jan. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Bassim Mohammed Khudair (2nd R), Iraqi deputy oil minister for extraction affairs, and other representatives attend a handover ceremony in Basra, Iraq, on Jan. 1, 2024. 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. The West Qurna 1 oilfield, located about 50 km northwest of Basra, the capital of the namesake province, is one of Iraq's largest oilfields, with an estimated annual crude oil output of more than 25 million tonnes. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

Fashion house helps unemployed Gazans start their own businesses

STORY: Fashion house helps unemployed Gazans start their own businesses DATELINE: April 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:02 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: SOCIETY/MARKET SHOTLIST: 1. various of students at the fashion house in Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HUSSAM ABU KASHIF, Refugee from Jabalia Camp 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): KHALIL KHUDAIR, Co-founder of Aya and Khalil Fashion House 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): AYA EID, Co-founder of Aya and Khalil Fashion House 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): TAHANI AL-HOUR, Local trainee STORYLINE: Hussam Abu Kashif, a 20-year-old refugee from Jabalia Camp, is among dozens of unemployed Gazans who anticipated jump-starting their own career in the fashion industry through a comprehensive training program. "After weeks of intensive and continuous training, today I am able to design both menswear and women's clothes... I find myself talented in drawing and fashion design," Abu Kashif told Xinhua while sewing a jacket. Five months ago, upon hearing that the Gaza-based "Aya and Khalil Fashion House"