[4][7][8][9][10][11][12] 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 SOMO in 2009, detailing the establishment of ROO, and triggering the introduction of new technologies and infrastructure, training and equipment of staff, and an extensive drilling and expansion program at the Rumaila oilfield.
Since construction began in 2010, more than 500 new wells have been drilled and 14 degassing stations were renovated, environmentally accessed and land cleaned up.
[citation needed] In June 2022, with approval from the Government of Iraq, BECL assumed the lead contractor role at the Rumaila oilfield, under the existing Technical Services Contract to enable continued and optimized investment in the field, including enhanced access to external financing.
[27][28] For several years after 2012 ROO co-operated with the charity organization AMAR to support vulnerable people in the south of Iraq.
The first project of this partnership was distributing food packages to over 1.000 families in need during the festival of Ramadan in July 2013.