BP foreign staff evacuate from Iraq oil field due to drones: Report

(NewsNation) — Foreign staff working at an oil field in Iraq, run by British Petroleum (BP), were evacuated Thursday, three Iraqi oil industry sources ​told Reuters.

The foreign staff at Iraq’s Rumaila oilfield, one of the country’s largest, was evacuated after two unidentified drones landed in the field, the sources told the news outlet.

“We are taking all necessary steps to ⁠support our partners and ensure the safety ​of our people,” a BP spokesperson told the wire.

“We ​are continuously assessing the situation, have been communicating with those people under our duty of care and will ​address them directly should there be a need ​for any........

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