Highlights No impact on output, exports due to Nasiriyah shutdown OPEC’s second largest oil producer is flouting its quota Dubai — Iraq resumed on Monday production from the Nasiriyah southern oil field that was shut down on Sunday by protesters without disrupting production or exports in OPEC’s second largest producer, the country’s oil ministry said Monday. Protesters had stopped workers from going to the field on Sunday by blocking the road to the area amid demands for jobs as demonstrations continue to rattle the country’s oil industry. The Nasiriyah field produces between 80,000 b/d to 85,000 b/d. “The roads were cleared from protesters as of yesterday and the roads are open to employees to go to the field, resume work and operate the pumping stations,” said Assem Jihad, the ministry’s spokesperson in a statement. The ministry said […]