Philippino oil excavation in Iraq

The Philippino national company for oil on Wednesday announced that the excavation unit at the company will delegate a technical team to Iraq in 2002 to excavate for oil.

News reports quoted Pedro Akino, the company's deputy chairman as saying on the sideline of a conference in Kuala Lumpur saying that the team will head to area no 9 of the southern district of the western desert in Iraq by the beginning of 2001.

He explained that a decision will be taken after discussions of studies concluded by the technical committee.

The said Philippino company delegated its first excavation team to Iraq in 1997 and since then some 3 excavation teams were sent.