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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Service firm Schlumberger saw its camp in Iraq’s Rumaila oilfield stormed by dozens of angry Shi’ite Muslim workers and tribesmen on November 11. The camp was attacked after a foreign security adviser allegedly insulted their religion.
Oil officials and workers at the Schlumberger drilling site in Rumaila North said the problem started when a security adviser they identified as a British national, asked Iraqi workers to take down a flag and banners depicting a figure revered by Shi’ites. A Reuters report said that according to workers and officials, when the workers refused to remove the banners, the security adviser went to do so himself and tore one portraying Imam Hussein. The Imam’s death was currently being commemorated by Shi’ites across the world.
In the ensuing chaos the security adviser reportedly pulled out a gun and fired several shots, wounding an Iraqi worker. Following this dozens of people from a nearby village came to join the workers in storming the Schlumberger drilling camp.
While protesters smashed up offices and assaulted the security adviser, production from the field was not affected by the incident.
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