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Rumaila oil field

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Rumaila - Digital Oilfield

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Battle of Rumaylah Oil Field 1991

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Inside Rumaila, Iraq's largest oil field.

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Indian workers in Rumaila oil field in ‪#‎Basra‬ making egg omelet using sun heat only .

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Graphic footage: Angry Shi'ites beat up foreign security advisor in Iraq Rumaila oilfield

The Rumaila oil field is a super-giant oil field located in southern Iraq, approximately 20 mi (32 km) from the Kuwaiti border. Discovered in 1953 by the Basrah Petroleum Company (BPC), an associate company of the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC), the field is estimated to contain 17 billion barrels, which accounts for 12% of Iraq's oil reserves estimated at 143.1 billion barrels. Rumaila is said to be the largest oilfield ever discovered in Iraq and is considered the third largest oil field in the world.