Lukoil to Boost Spending at Iraq Oil Field to $2 Billion in 2012

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OAO Lukoil, Russia’s biggest non-state company by market value, plans to boost investments in the West Qurna-2 oil field in Iraq to about $2 billion this year.

Lukoil plans to carry out drilling and begin construction of a pipeline as it prepares the field for the start of production, the Moscow-based crude producer said in a corporate newsletter published on the website today.