- Title: Iraq's Nassiriya oilfield restarts production after protester break in
- Date: 30th December 2019
- Summary: NASSIRIYA, IRAQ (DECEMBER 30, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF GATE TO NASSIRIYA OILFIELD PROTESTERS WALKING OUTSIDE OILFIELD VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS SITTING OUTSIDE TENTS PROTESTERS SITTING ON CEMENT BLOCKS PROTESTERS WALKING, SOME SITTING BY CARS OIL TANKERS PARKED OUTSIDE FIELD VARIOUS OF OILFIELDS, AS SEEN FROM DRIVING CAR
- Embargoed: 13th January 2020 13:06
- Keywords: Iraq Nassiriya oil field oil field production protesters
- Location: NASSIRIYA, IRAQ
- City: NASSIRIYA, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001BC63FPJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Operations resumed at Iraq's southern Nassiriya oilfield on Monday (December 30), two oil sources said, but it will take up to two days for output to be fully restored.
Protesters broke into the oilfield, which produces 80,000-85,000 barrels of oil per day, on Saturday (December 28) and forced employees to cut off electricity from its control station, taking it offline.
The incident marks the first time protesters have shut an entire oilfield, though they have blocked entrances to refineries and ports in the past. Iraq's economy depends on oil exports which make up more than 90% of revenues for OPEC's second larger producer. No foreign companies operate at the oilfield.
Mass protests have gripped Iraq since Oct. 1 and protesters, most of them young, are demanding an overhaul of a political system they see as profoundly corrupt and keeping most Iraqis in poverty. More than 450 people have been killed.
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