Three workers wounded in drone strike on Iraq’s North Rumaila oilfield, sources say

Two drones hit the BP-operated North Rumaila oilfield in southern Iraq on Saturday, wounding three Iraqi workers, security and energy sources said.The attack took place shortly after another drone hit storage facilities west of the port city of Basra that belong to foreign oil companies, the sources said.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The drone strikes had no impact on operations in this part of Iraq’s giant Rumaila oilfield, as they targeted an equipment storage facility, said two Iraqi engineers working at the field.Foreign staff were evacuated following an earlier drone strike on the oilfield, sources told Reuters last month.Read more:Fire reported at foreign oil companies’ storage facilities in Iraq after drone strikeIraq’s oil revenues down more than 70 pct. from February: Official

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