The BP logo is seen at a gas station in Washington. Iraq's government Saturday Oct. 17, 2009 approved an oil deal with a consortium led by British giant BP PLC to develop a prized oil field in the south. BP and its partner China's CNPC were the only winners in Iraq's first international oil auction in over 30 years in June for development rights for the 17.8 billion-barrel Rumaila field.
An Iraqi worker operates valves at Rumaila oil fields, near the southern city of Basra, Iraq.
A U.S. soldier stands guard on top of a humvee as oil workers work on oil well fires at Rumaila oil field, southern Iraq.
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