The Az Zubair Field ( ar, حقل الزبير), also known as ''Az-Zubayr'', is an oil field located in southern

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

, west of

Basrah Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is han ...

. It is one of the largest fields in the world and was discovered by the Basrah Petroleum Company, an associate of the

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, in 1949. It has of proven reserves and currently produces but in the next years, under the field's expansion programme, production is expected to reach a plateau level of . The development contract has been awarded to a consortium led by

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(32.81%) with Occidental Petroleum Corporation (23.44%), Korea Gas Corporation (18.75%) and Iraq's state-run Missan Oil Company (25%).

Cancer-risk

Gas, a by-product from the oil-extraction, is burned openly, which produces cancer-linked pollutants. The Iraqi law prohibit gas-burning less than 10 km from people's homes, but

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found in 2022 gas was being burned as close as 350 meters from people's homes. A leaked report from

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blamed air pollution for 20% rise in

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Basra Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is han ...

between 2015 and 2018.BP in oil field where ‘cancer is rife’
By Jess Kelly, Owen Pinnell & Esme Stallard, 30 September,

The Iraqi Ministry of Health has banned its employees from speaking about the health damage. Iraqi Environment Minister Jassem al-Falahi later admitted that "pollution from oil production is the main reason for increases in local cancer rates." None of the affected locals have gotten any compensation.Iraqi minister admits gas flaring cancer link
17 October, BBC

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