Iraqi Protesters Shut Down Southern Nassiriya Oilfield

Iraqi Protesters Shut Down Southern Nassiriya Oilfield
Iraqi anti-government protesters erect a Christmas tree in the capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square on Dec. 24, 2019. SABAH ARAR/AFP via Getty Images
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BASRA, Iraq—Protesters broke into Iraq’s southern Nassiriya oilfield on Saturday and forced employees to cut off electricity from its control station, taking the field offline until further notice, a security source and two oil sources said.

The oilfield produces 90,000 barrels a day (bpd) of crude. Protesters chanted “no homeland, no oil”, as they forced its closure, the sources said.