Rumaila Operating Organization (ROO) is an international petroleum company based in Iraq. ROO is part of the Iraq Basra Oil Company and of a consortium with BP and PetroChina, which manages Rumaila in southern Iraq, one of the largest oilfields in the world. Overview Rumaila Operating Organization was founded by BP, CNPC and Basra Oil Company (BOC) (formerly South Oil Company (SOC)) in order to manage the 20-year rehabilitation and expansion of Rumaila oil field in southern Iraq, which was discovered in 1953 and has been in operation since 1954, with extensive exploration and production since the late 1960s / 1970s. Rumaila oil field is part of the so-called class of super-giant oilfields, with more than one billion barrels of recoverable oil. Current estimations of Rumailas total reserves lie around 17 billion barrels. Production from the field is around one third of the country's total oil output. The field is located in Southern Iraq, around 20 miles (32 km) from Kuwaits border and played an important role in the 1990 Gulf War, the 2003 Iraq invasion and following the Iraq war. A new round for bidding of southern oil-fields in Iraq was first announced in 2008, following several years of turmoil due to the war and resulting in political and military unrest. A Technical Service Contract was signed between BOC, BP, PetroChina and the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) in 2009, detailing the establishment of ROO, the introduction of new technologies and infrastructure, training and equipment of staff, and an extensive drilling and expansion program at the Rumaila oilfield. Basra Oil, BP and PetroChina are the lead contractors. The agreement was extended in 2014 so that it now runs until 2034. Rumaila Operating Organization planned to hire mainly local employees to oversee the operations, with a smaller number of technical experts and managers from BP and CNPC. The operations of the company were scheduled to begin in July 2010. Plans by the consortium detailed the spending of more than $15 billion, between 2010 and 2020, to develop the field. Initial production targets were set to raise the average daily production from 1.06 to 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) and were reached by BP and the consortium in December 2010. By 2014, the production consistently ran over 1.3 million bpd and by January 2017 it had reached over 1.4 million bpd. Production since 2010 has increased by over 30%, putting