Oil major BP is expected to spend up to $25 billion over the lifetime of a project to redevelop four Kirkuk oil and gas fields, a senior Iraqi oil official told Reuters, as Baghdad seeks to win back foreign investment.

BP (NYSE:BP), the oil giant, is projected to invest between $20 billion and $25 billion in the redevelopment of four oil and gas fields in Kirkuk, according to a Tuesday report by Reuters. This investment,

Provided the deal is signed, which the official said could be over the coming weeks, it would mark a breakthrough for Iraq