Protestors 'trash West Qurna 2 offices'

Iraq incident: Demonstration reported at West Qurna 2, pictured above in April 2012

Protesters demanding jobs broke into the West Qurna 2 supergiant oil field in southern Iraq and damaged its offices early on Monday, reports have said.

Workers at the site said construction of a crude oil processing plant had been disrupted by the protest, but Iraq’s Southern Oil Company insisted no production had been affected, Reuters reported.

Officials of the state-run oil company said there was no disturbance around any of the producing oil fields and that production was proceeding as normal.

Lukoil, which owns a 75% stake in the giant development, confirmed the incident had taken place but played down earlier reports of its size and impact.

“Several dozen people gathered near the office of our contractor (Samsung Engineering).…

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