By Zahraa Alkhalisi and Kadhim Ajrash Dec. 25 (Bloomberg) — None of Iraq’s oil fields are under Iranian control, an Iraqi official said, one week after Iranian forces occupied a well in a disputed border area. “There are no other wells under Iranian control,” Ali Maarej, director of Iraq’s state-run Missan Oil Co. said today on a press visit of the al-Fakah site where last week’s standoff took place. Clashes between the nations over disputed oilfields have occurred previously as the countries debate the location of their border. Iranian forces are more than 50 meters (164 feet) from the disputed site, Maarej said. They remain on Iraqi territory, he said. “The al-Fakah fields are Iraqi fields but that is being disputed by the Iranian side as they consider them shared oil fields,” Maarej said. Iran and Iraq are now in talks over al- Fakah, he said. Iran and Iraq have the world’s second- and third-largest oil reserves. To contact the reporters on this story: Zahraa Alkhalisi in Dubai at zalkhalisi@bloomberg.net ; Kadhim Ajrash in Baghdad through the Dubai newsroom or mchmaytelli@bloomberg.net
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Iraq Oil Sites Are Under Country’s Control After Iran Clash, Official Says
