Explosion in an area with oil deposit in Iraqi Kurdistan

An explosion occurred today in an oil well in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, resulting in the production of production activities there, according to the US company HKN Energy, which exploits the deposit. “There was an explosion around 07:00 (local time and time in Greece) in one of the production facilities in the Sarang deposit,” HKN Energy said in a statement. “The activities of this facility were suspended until the point was considered safe,” the US company added. The causes of the explosion have not been immediately clarified. In recent weeks, Iraq has been a wavelength theater with unmanned aircraft and rockets. The explosion in the Sarang oil deposit took place one day after three attacks with unmanned aerial vehicles (drone) with explosives in Iraqi Kurdistan: a drone was shot down near Arbil’s airport and two others hit the oil deposit. There was no responsibility for these attacks. But on July 3, the Kurdistan authorities stated that one […]
Source: News Beast

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