Saboteurs bomb Khabbaz oil field again
At least two wells are burning and production has stopped at an oil field in Kirkuk after saboteurs exploited security gaps for the second time in a month.
An Iraqi oil policeman stands guard after two oil wells were attacked on May 4, 2016. The wells are burning in the distance. (KAMARAN AL-NAJAR/Iraq Oil Report)
KIRKUK - The Khabbaz oil field in Kirkuk has shut down and at least two wellheads are burning, after saboteurs set off explosives late Tuesday night - the second attack in a month.
"Technicians and firefighters are working to extinguish the fire at Wells 33 and 39, while a bomb squad is trying to defuse an IED planted near a third well - Well 18," said one official from the state-run North Oil Company (NOC), which operates the field.
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