Global News Portfolio: Iraq: Iraq Rebuilding: 01182013_Becherer_IraqDawn006

Kris Murthi, a project manager for Kellogg Brown and Root, explains the operation of a South Oil Company gas oil separation plant where crude oil is piped from wells in the South Ramallah oil fields. In 2012 Iraq became one of the premier producers in OPEC with production reaching 2.5 million barrels of oil a day. Iraq sits on the world's third largest known oil reserves.
Basra, Iraq

Kris Murthi, a project manager for Kellogg Brown and Root, explains the operation of a South Oil Company gas oil separation plant where crude oil is piped from wells in the South Ramallah oil fields. In 2012 Iraq became one of the premier producers in OPEC with production reaching 2.5 million barrels of oil a day. Iraq sits on the world's third largest known oil reserves.