Fire at Iraq's Rumaila oilfield extinguished, oil ministry says
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FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the central station gas processing plant at Rumaila oilfield in Basra, Iraq, November 5, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani/File Photo
BASRA - A fire at Iraq's Rumaila oilfield was brought under control on Friday, the country's oil ministry said in a statement, adding that there were no serious injuries.
The fire started at a storage tank inside the oilfield's fifth gas station, "for unidentified technical reasons", the ministry said.
The station will operate again after checking all safety procedures and assessing the damages, the ministry added.
Three energy sources told Reuters that operations at the field had not been affected.
Two local oil workers suffered minor burn injuries, the sources said.
Production at Rumaila stands at about 1.45 million barrel per day (bpd), said two officials at the field. REUTERS
