UPDATE: Protesters target West Qurna 2 for security jobs
Local residents shut access to the super-giant field to demand jobs protecting energy infrastructure.![](https://cdn.iraqoilreport.com/wp-content/uploads/West-Qurna-2-rig-e1468519924717.jpg)
Workers operate a drilling rig at the West Qurna 2 oil field in Basra. (ALI ABU IRAQ/Iraq Oil Report)
UPDATE: This story has been updated to incorporate comments from Lukoil, which were not available in time for the initial publication deadline.
BASRA - About 150 local residents temporarily shut down access to Iraq's super-giant West Qurna 2 oil field this week, protesting that they had not been given jobs protecting the project.
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