TOTAL S.A., THE FRENCH OIL major that has been in Iraq since 1927, isn't saying much these days about how it's going to maneuver its way back in. But that doesn't mean it can't dream. Word is that it has already had informal discussions with ExxonMobil about forming a joint venture to exploit Iraq's Majnoon and Nahr bin Umar oilfields as soon as a new Iraqi government is formed. Together those two fields have the potential to pump out 1 million barrels a day of sweet, easily extracted and supremely profitable Iraqi crude. There might be 250 billion barrels under Iraq, good for $3 trillion of gross profit. Not something the world's pushiest oil company wants to leave on the table.
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机译：自1927年以来一直在伊拉克工作的法国石油大公司道达尔（TOTAL S.A.）如今并没有过多地谈论如何回去。但这并不意味着它就无法梦想。有消息称，它已经与埃克森美孚公司进行了非正式讨论，商讨在组建新的伊拉克政府后立即组建一家合资公司，以开采伊拉克的Majnoon和Nahr bin Umar油田。这两个油田合在一起有潜力每天抽出100万桶甜，易开采且利润最高的伊拉克原油。伊拉克下可能有2500亿桶石油，可带来3万亿美元的毛利润。世界上最忙碌的石油公司不想抛弃任何东西。
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