Iraq cooperates with American companies to develop the energy, oil, and gas sector.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani stressed that the government attaches great importance to the work of major oil companies, particularly American ones, in Iraq, in developing the energy sector and raising the efficiency of production operations.

During a meeting with Jeff Miller, Chairman and CEO of Halliburton, on Thursday, al-Sudani urged Halliburton to "expand its service centers in Iraq for various engineering specialties and establish research centers to support technological development in drilling and reclamation operations."

He also urged the company to open training centers to develop human capacity and localize certain industries, including the production of chemicals for drilling and production, and the manufacture of oil equipment for drilling and submersible pumps, according to the German news agency DPA.
For his part, Miller expressed the company's readiness and desire to reach an agreement with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil to sign a contract to develop the Bin Omar and Sinbad fields in Basra Governorate, with the aim of producing gas, employing Iraqi personnel, and localizing the oil industry.