BP logo is seen at a petrol station in London January 15, 2015. BP Plc and China’s CNPC [CNPET.UL] will next week unveil a strategic alliance to develop oil resources in Iraq and other regions, industry sources said on Friday. The deal, one of several high profile deals to be signed during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to London, will aim to bolster cooperation between the two companies in Iraq, where they are developing the giant Rumaila oilfield. Rumaila, in southern Iraq, is the world’s second largest oilfield and produced 1.34 million barrels per day in 2014, according to BP’s website. The two companies will also seek to expand into new joint ventures in other parts of the world, according to the sources. No clear production or investment targets are expected to be included in the deal, they said. State-owned China National Petroleum Corp is Asia’s […]