Iraq put out fires at Khabbaz northern oilfield - oil ministry

Iraq put out a fire at the second of two oil wells in a small northern oilfield that were set ablaze by explosives on Dec. 9, the Oil Ministry said on Wednesday.

Technical crews from the state-run North Oil Co. managed to extinguish a second well blazing at the 25,000 barrel-per-day Khabbaz field near the city of Kirkuk, the statement said.