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Protesters broke into Iraq’s southern Nassiriya oilfield and forced employees to cut off electricity
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The oilfield produces 90,000 barrels a day (bpd) of crude. As they forced its closure, protesters chanted “no homeland, no oil,” the sources said, in which they mean to say “if we do not have a homeland, we do not have oil”. The phrase “we want a homeland” has been the slogan of the protests which have gripped Iraq since October 1. The incident marks the first time protesters have shut an entire oilfield, though they have blocked entrances to refineries and ports in the past. Iraq’s economy depends on oil exports which make up more than 90 percent of revenues for OPEC’s second largest producer. No foreign companies operate at the oilfield. Posted by: Fred 2019-12-29 |
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