Islamic State no longer controls any oil wells in Iraq, gov’t says

Fire rises from oil wells set ablaze by Islamic State militants before they fled the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq, which has been recaptured by Iraqi forces, August 29, 2016. - Image Courtesy of Reuters/Azad Lashkari — Fire rises from oil wells set ablaze by Islamic State militants before they fled the oil-producing region of Qayyara, Iraq, which has been recaptured by Iraqi forces, August 29, 2016. – Image Courtesy of Reuters/Azad Lashkari

By Saif Hameed, Reuters, Global News, September 28, 2016

BAGHDAD – Islamic State militants no longer control any oil wells in Iraq after being ousted by government forces last week from an area near Kirkuk, the oil ministry said on Wednesday.

The ultra-hardline Sunni Muslim group were driven out of Shirqat on Thursday by U.S-backed Iraqi forces. Last month it lost the Qayyara oilfield, south of Mosul, to government forces thrusting northwards in an offensive to retake the largest city under IS control.

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