Overview
- Oilfield sources told Reuters the fire began during welding near a pipeline linking the Zubair field to nearby storage tanks.
- Iraq’s Oil Ministry described a gas leak and fire in an old pumping system that was brought under control on Sunday.
- Basra Oil Company said crude throughput continued near 400,000 barrels per day without interruption.
- Iraq Oil Report said around 1.5 million barrels per day of Basra Medium exports were temporarily halted with efforts to reroute flows, a claim not corroborated by officials or Reuters.
- Casualty figures differ, with the ministry reporting one dead and four injured while Reuters cited two fatalities, and some injured workers suffered severe burns.