BAGHDAD / News Network Iraq Oil Ministry announced on Tuesday, closely directly Maysan Oil Company, the work of the third phase to develop the Halfaya field in Maysan province , which aims to increase production and reach a peak production of 400,000 barrels per day in mid-2018.oukal director general the company Adnan Nochi in a statement today: that "after the oil Ministry andthe Council of the ministry approval of the assignment contracts to develop Halfaya field by PetroChina main operator, will start technical and engineering staff , a subsidiary of the Maysan oil and Angels ( the company the operator of the field) the implementation of acts of the third phase the development and rehabilitation of Halfaya field . "added the statement, that" phase involves creating a plant to process crude oil, the construction of an integrated export systems and modernization of the first processing complex by adding insulation triple to isolate the oil, gas and water, as well as the implementation of the second phase of the gas station receipt and other projects and associated facilities plans which has been prepared by joint management . " For his part, said ministry spokesman Assem Jihad, said that" the development of the Halfaya field project included three stages leading to the production peak of 400 thousand barrels , which is hoped to reach this goal in mid - 2018 . "he added , "where the first phase of the project began mid-2012 with aproduction amount of 100 amounted to a thousand barrels completed the technical and engineering staff the second phase in 2014 and a record time to reach production of 200,000 barrels daily average . " He explained Jihad, that " the current production of oil fields company Maysan combined amounting to 360,000 barrels and that the ministry 's plans and the company aims to reach more than 700,000 barrels per day after the development of Halfaya and Bazargan and loose change, Maysan, architecture and light fields. "