伊拉克Qayyar地区油田近期停产

Iraq doesn’t expect to resume production from the northern Qayyara oil region before the capture of nearby Mosul from Islamic State, an oil ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said on Tuesday.The region’s two main fields, Qayyara and Najma, used to produce up to 30,000 barrels per day of heavy crude before it fell under control of the ultra-hardline militants two years ago. It has also a small refinery to process some local oil.

The Iraqi army took Qayyara back last week and oil ministry services started putting out fires at wells caused by insurgents as a tactic to escape air surveillance and hamper the progression of Iraqi forces.The oil ministry also dug trenches to prevent oil spills from reaching the Tigris river, Jihad said. Angolan oil company Sonangol pulled out from an agreement to increase output at the Qayyara fields in 2014, citing the increased security risk.