Oil export resumed in Kirkuk field after ISIS bombing
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region-- Export of crude oil from the Bay Hasan oil field in Kirkuk has been restored after it was halted on Sunday following an ISIS suicide bombing earlier that set parts of the installations on fire.
Rudaw reporter Hiwa Husamadin, who visited the field, said the flow of oil through Kurdistan pipeline resumed Sunday evening, although the fire had not been completely controlled.
"The export from Bay Hasan has dropped to around 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) from earlier 170,000 bpd due to the damage that was inflicted on the oil field," Husamadin said, adding that at least one of the two oil stations in Bay Hasan was completely shut down for repairs.
The Bay Hasan oilfield has been administrated by Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) since July 2014 after a deal was reached with the Iraqi government over the export of Kirkuk oil to the Ceyhan port in neighbouring Turkey.
The KRG is currently exporting just below 600,000 bpd and has said its infrastructure could help produce over a million barrels per day by the end of 2016.
Rudaw reporter Hiwa Husamadin, who visited the field, said the flow of oil through Kurdistan pipeline resumed Sunday evening, although the fire had not been completely controlled.
"The export from Bay Hasan has dropped to around 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) from earlier 170,000 bpd due to the damage that was inflicted on the oil field," Husamadin said, adding that at least one of the two oil stations in Bay Hasan was completely shut down for repairs.
The Bay Hasan oilfield has been administrated by Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) since July 2014 after a deal was reached with the Iraqi government over the export of Kirkuk oil to the Ceyhan port in neighbouring Turkey.
The KRG is currently exporting just below 600,000 bpd and has said its infrastructure could help produce over a million barrels per day by the end of 2016.