Russia eye's its lost Lukoil concession in West Qurna....which is in Shia terror-tory west of Basra.
Qurna's big [Wikipedia]-one of Iraq's largest oil fields, loacated north of Rumaila field, west of Basra. West Qurna is believed to hold 11 to 15 billion barrel (1.8 to 2.4 km³) of recoverable reserve and have production potential of 0.8 to 1.0 million barrel per day (1.5 to 1.8 m³/s).
To date, petroleum geologists have delineated and mapped over 526 prospects — drilling 131 prospects to discover 73 major fields. They have identified some 239 as having a high degree of certainty, but those prospects remain undrilled. Thirty fields have been partially developed and only 12 fields are actually onstream. Undrilled structures and undeveloped fields could represent the largest untapped hydrocarbon resource anywhere in the world.
About 30 to 40 percent of discovered Iraqi oil reserves lie within a few thousand feet of the surface, while more than 60 percent of the discovered reserves lie within 10,000 feet. Most of Iraq’s proven oil reserves are distributed over 73 fields, nine of which are super-giants and 22 of which are giants. The remainder are considered large by world standards.[Geo Times]
add to this....Iraqi oil is Low Sulphur in content...which is highly desireable for existing Low Sulphur process at U.S.refineries.
Maybe its time for the Saudi's to go fight for Allah's blessing,
Allah can sort out the bodies later.
wonder how that showcase military of theirs would do in real battle : )