Rumaila still reeling after large fire
Production at Iraq's largest field is still down by at least 120,000 bpd as repair crews contend with extensive damage from a Jan. 24 fire.
Fire crews bring a fire under control at the Rumaila oil field on Jan. 24, 2025. (ALI AL-AQILY/Iraq Oil Report)
BASRA - Iraq's most prolific oil field is still producing at least 120,000 barrles per day (bpd) below its nominal capacity, nearly two weeks after a large fire destroyed a storage tank and took several dozen wells offline.
Field officials said they had hoped Rumaila, which averaged over 1.3 million bpd last year, could bring the temporarily shuttered wells back online by the end of January. But the damage from the fire is more extensive than initially believed, according to several sources, including workers at the field and officials at the Oil Ministry and state-run Basra Oil Company (BOC).
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