Heritage makes giant gas find in Iraqi Kurdistan

Energy firm Heritage Oil said on Wednesday it has made a major gas find in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan that is among the largest ever in the country.

"The discovery of a major gas field of up to 12.3 trillion cubic feet (348 billion cubic meters) in-place with exceptional flow rates makes this one of the largest gas fields to be discovered in Iraq," a statement said.

The spokesman for the Kurdistan regional government's natural resources ministry declined to comment when contacted by AFP.