A senior official said the Iraqi Oil Ministry, told Reuters that Iraq had received "positive signals" from the Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNN... PVC) and Russia's Lukoil that they Stdrsan ExxonMobil stake in the West Qurna oil field -1.
The official, who asked not to be named, "We have received positive signals from CNN... PVC and Lukoil that they would consider buying Exxon's share in the West Qurna-1."
The ministry sources said that Iraq informed the two companies that will support their efforts if they decided to buy ExxonMobil stake in the field.
The official said, "in two separate meetings with executives from CNN... PVC and Lukoil Iraq informed the two companies that will support their efforts to buy Exxon stake in the West Qurna-1 oil."
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