BP evacuates foreign workers from Iraq's Rumaila oil field

The conflict between Iran and Israel has led British energy giant BP, as well as French and Italian oil companies, to relocate some of their foreign staff from the Rumaila oil field near the southern Iraqi city of Basra.

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Iraqi gov't finalizes contract with BP to rehabilitate four Kirkuk oilfields

"The contract includes the rehabilitation and development of the four fields to enhance hydrocarbon reserves and increase crude oil production rates to reach a peak production rate of 420,000 barrels per day,” read a statement by the Iraqi Prime Minister’s media office.

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Iraq signs contract with BP to develop four Kirkuk oil fields

The four oilfields under the contract include the Baba and Avanah domes and three adjacent fields - Bai Hassan, Jambur, and Khabbaz.

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Iraq, BP sign agreement to rehabilitate four fields in Kirkuk

The agreement is to develop the four main Kirkuk fields, "ensuring investment in associated gas as well as rehabilitating and expanding gas facilities in the North Gas Company and establishing a power station with a capacity of 400 megawatts..."

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PM Barzani says Baghdad-BP deal to redevelop Kirkuk oilfields ‘unconstitutional’

"The area that Baghdad is talking to BP about is a disputed territory. According to the constitution, disputed territories are not a region which can be unilaterally decided by either Erbil or Baghdad,” PM Barzani said.

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KRG says Baghdad-BP agreement on Kirkuk oil fields ‘constitutional violation’

“The Kurdistan Region had to be a party to the agreement between Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani and British BP. This is a constitutional violation against the Kurdistan Region,” Peshawa Hawramani, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) told reporters on Thursday. 

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Oil: Iraq’s silent killer

Iraqis suffer higher rates of disease as a result of gas flaring and other oil extraction-related activities.

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Iraqi father begins legal action against BP over son's cancer death

Hussein Julood is pursuing legal action against BP, alleging his son's leukemia and death were caused by gas flaring near Iraq's Rumaila oil field, seeking compensation and raising awareness of the health risks associated with oil extraction practices.

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