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This comes amid continuing tensions between the US and Iran in the Middle East.
Exxon Mobil has evacuated all its foreign staff members out of Iraq`s West Qurna 1 oilfield and is flying them out to Dubai. Reuters has reported citing three sources.
According to the report. staff were evacuated over several phases late on Friday and early on Saturday. either straight to Dubai or to the main camp housing foreign oil company employees in Basra Province.
The evacuation has not affected production at the oilfield. Iraqi oil officials have said. They added that work at the site is under way as normal and being undertaken by Iraqi engineers.
Earlier. the US State Department ordered all non-emergency US government employees to leave Iraq amid rising tensions with Tehran.
