Deputy for Dhi Qar: Oil companies cause earthquakes

Deputy for Dhi Qar: Oil companies cause earthquakes


Date of release: 2017/8/20


"The cause of the disasters that occurred in the northern part of the province," referring to the tremors in the areas north of Dhi Qar last week.
In a statement received by the agency {Euphrates News}, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the Minister of Oil intervened immediately and stopped the explosions to explore the oil wells in the province of Dhi Qar, the northern cutter because it caused earthquakes.
"These companies are carrying out oil exploration operations in the ground in an incorrect manner, which led to earthquakes in the northern section, causing material damage and damage to the homes of the people in that area."
"The citizens in the northern part of the province since the earthquake and to the present day did not enter their homes for fear of other similar shocks, especially as the houses have been cracked and there has been significant damage in those areas."
She added,
Wahid pointed out that "the people of the northern district appealed to us to consider them as representatives of them in the Parliament House that there be rapid intervention and transparent investigation because the houses can fall and in the event of another earthquake to forgive God there will be a humanitarian disaster, so we must intervene quickly from the competent authorities to find out the reasons for these The phenomenon because the people and specialists in those areas believe that the occurrence of oil extraction companies and the roads are not correct, it must put an end to it and hold those responsible.
The northern areas of Dhi Qar on Friday afternoon witnessed an earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale, causing material damage to Al-Rifai and Qalqat Sukkar in a number of houses and shop fronts, a number of secondary ceilings and cracks in the walls and ceilings of houses and buildings.
It was the second quake to hit northern Dhi Qar after the Iraqi seismic observatories recorded an earthquake last Wednesday evening, where it was 7 km north-west of Rifai, and the magnitude of the tremor was 3 degrees on the Richter scale, felt by citizens in the Rifai and surrounding areas, Registration of any material or human damages.
The Ministry of Oil denied on Saturday the relationship of its oil activities with these earthquakes in Dhi Qar. "The meteorological authority has made it clear that earthquakes are a natural phenomenon that occurs as a result of several factors, including the recent events of the country as a result of the movement of plates in the layers of the earth, In a number of cities in the country, and not confined to the areas of Rifai and Qal'at Sukkar. "
A subsidiary of Malaysia's Tronas, which invests in the Gharraf oil field west of Rifai district, was shot and fired by the RBG7. Dhi Qar police announced on Tuesday that three suspects had been arrested.
The Dhi Qar Council formed a committee to investigate the cause and frequency of earthquakes in the province.

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