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Fire erupts at Kuwait's largest oil field, two injured

Fire erupts at Kuwait's largest oil field, two injured
MENA
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The site is the second largest oil field in the world, and the production wasn't impacted.
Kuwait has the world's sixth-largest known oil reserves [Getty]

A fire erupted Monday at Kuwait's largest oil field, injuring two workers, the country's state-run news agency reported.

The injured workers were in stable condition and receiving treatment at a nearby hospital, according to the state-run KUNA news agency, citing Qusai al-Amer, the Kuwait Oil Company spokesman.

The blaze at the Great Burgan Field in the southeastern desert of Kuwait, which produces over 1.6 million barrels of oil a day, did not impact production, the report said.

Kuwait, a nation home to 4.1 million people, has the world's sixth-largest known oil reserves. Most of the country's production comes from a single field, Burgan, which ranked second only largest producing field to Saudi Arabia's Ghawar Field.

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