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UPDATE: Flooding threatens Majnoon field

Iraq risks losing over 100,000 bpd of production as flood waters overcome failing infrastructure.
An aerial view on March 18, 2019, of a dirt berm north of the Majnoon oil field, that water from Iran burst through. (Source: Basra Oil Company media office.)

UPDATE: This story has been updated to reflect recent statements of Basra Oil Company explaining the efforts that have been taken to protect the field, clarifying Majnoon’s production levels, and stating that operations at the field have not been affected by recent flooding.

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