Official: Iran-Iraq Joint Oil Fields Un-Damaged by Flood
Head of Iran’s Petroleum Engineering and Development Company Turaj Dehqani dismissed the rumors that massive floods have affected crude production in joint oil fields with neighboring Iraq.
Dehqani said on Saturday that historic flash floods that inundated parts of the oil-rich province of Khuzestan in Southwest of the country over the past days had not caused the crude production in joint fields with Iraq, located to the West of the Karun River, to stop or slow down.
“Areas to the West of the Karun have always been exposed to flooding, however, despite these difficult conditions, the oil development activities have continued unabated,” Dehqani said, adding that flash floods had caused some minor problems to current operations in the joint fields.
All the five oil fields shared between Iran and Iraq are located near the Hawizeh Marshes which straddles the border between the two countries and is known to the locals as Hurolazim.
Dehqani also rejected reports that authorities had decided to divert the flood waters from the Hurolazim in order to protect the oil installations in the area. He said all environmental standards have been observed during years of development of the joint oil fields.
Dehqani said Iran’s oil production from joint fields with Iraq had reached some 350,000 barrels per day, generating some USD 10 billion for the country.
The flash rains began in Northern provinces of Iran on March 28 and continued on the following days in other provinces. At least 25 provinces were struggling with floods during the Nowruz holidays that mark the New Year in Iran.
Official reports in Iran say that nearly 70 people have been killed so far in the recent unprecedented floods across the country.
source: Fars News Agency
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