Workers prepare heavy machinery to dig a new oil well at South Rumaila oil field, in southern Iraq November 26, 2009. Britain's BP and China's CNPC have clinched a final agreement to operate Iraq's biggest field, Rumaila, and groups led by Italy's Eni and U.S. major Exxon Mobil have secured initial deals over Zubair and West Qurna Phase One. Picture taken November 26, 2009.
REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ ENERGY POLITICS)