Iraq: Iraq's Oil Output Revival at Stake for Want of Water

Sep 17, 2014 | Rania El Gamal, Reuters
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DUBAI - A lack of water threatens Iraq's plans to raise its oil output, boost its stumbling economy and become a leading producer in the region after Saudi Arabia.

A multi-billion dollar common seawater injection scheme designed to boost production from the giant export oilfields in Iraq's south is snarled up in red tape and acrimony.