the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in 1990, Kuwait has drilled only 8 vertical wells in its part of the Rumaila field and the production was limited due to different technical problems. The issue for Kuwait was territorial more than oil. Kuwait never drilled deviated wells that crossed the Iraqi borders. After the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, the United Nation border demarcation committee went back to the historical data and shifted the Kuwaiti border toward the north which meant that Iraq was producing from Kuwaiti territory. During the Iraq Invasion in 2003, the Iraqi Army laid an 18 km long defensive minefield across it, which contained an estimated 100,000 mines. The Iraqi Army also set fire to parts of the oil field as a defensive maneuver. Camps in North Rumaila Oil Field There are many oil field companies camps for their staff in North rumaila oil field. Weatherford City North Rumaila British Petroleum camp in North Rumaila Cancer-risk Gas, a by-product from the oil-extraction, is burned openly, which produces cancer-linked pollutants. The Iraqi law prohibit gas-burning less than 10 km from people's homes, but BBC found in 2022 gas was being burned as close as 350 meters from people's homes. A leaked report from Ministry of Health (Iraq) blamed air pollution for 20% rise in cancer in Basra between 2015 and 2018. The Iraqi Ministry of Health has banned its employees from speaking about the health damage. Iraqi Environment Minister Jassem al-Falahi later admitted that "pollution from oil production is the main reason for increases in local cancer rates." None of the affected locals have gotten any compensation. See also Ghawar Field Majnoon oil field West Qurna Field References External links Rumaila Operating Organisation official website Rumaila Operating Organisation official Facebook page BP oil and gas fields Oil fields of Kuwait Oil fields of Iraq Oil field disputes Territorial disputes of Kuwait Territorial disputes of Iraq