Oil Majors Cut Back Iraq Personnel as Mideast Tensions Rise

BP Plc, TotalEnergies SE and Eni SpA have reduced staff at oil fields in Iraq as a precaution, as tensions escalate in the region.

The temporary move by the three European oil majors has not impacted production, according to a statement from the Basrah Oil Co., the state-owned oil and gas operator in the area. The companies work on some of Iraq’s largest production assets.