Iran discovers large oilfield

TEHRAN,April 30(MNA) - Iran has discovered a new oilfield with considerable reserves in southwestern Khuzestan Province, the National Iranian Oil Company’s Director for Exploration Mahmoud Mohaddes said. He denied news published by some media about discovering a large gas field in Khuzestan. Mohaddes said that the field was an oilfield, which holds considerable reserves of crude oil. Now, exploration wells drilled at one of Iran's large oil fields in the Khuzestan Province show huge reserves of natural gas there.