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Explosion Halts Operations at Iraq Oil Field: US Company

Greenwatch Desk World News 2025-07-15, 1:50pm

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An explosion at an oil field in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Tuesday suspended operations, said the US company operating the field.


HKN Energy said in a statement that "an explosion occurred earlier today at approximately 7:00 AM local time (0400 GMT) at one of its production facilities in the Sarang field." It added that "operations at the affected facility have been suspended until the site is secured." The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear, reports BSS.