The Oil Exploration Company announced the direct implementation of the "3D" seismic survey of the Qayyarah field in Nineveh Governorate, within the contract concluded with the Angolan company Sonancol. The Director General of the Oil Exploration Company, Mr. Osama Raouf Hussein, said that the Seventh Seismic Division has begun seismic survey operations, for an area of ??135 square kilometers of the Qayyarah field, noting that the work will take 150 days.
Hussein confirmed that the Qayyarah field is one of the most important oil fields in Nineveh, and that the seismic surveys will contribute to maximizing the hydrocarbon reserves of the field, and that the implementation will be through national effort according to international standards.