The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has signed a contract with Schlumberger International Company to drill 37 oil wells in Al-Zubair filed operated by Eni company in Al-Basra.

Iraq has increased the production of its Zubair field by 50,000 b/d to reach 475,000 b/d.

Italian energy company Eni has opened three new plants for oil, gas, and water treatment in the Zubair oil and gas field in Southern Iraq.

Italian firm Eni says Iraq's Zubair oilfield will reach its peak output target of 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) by the start of 2017, following Eni's completion of its field development plan.