#Qurna
🇮🇶 The Iraqi cabinet has approved nationalising the petroleum operations in West Qurna 2 oil field, in accordance with the provisions of a service contract signed with Lukoil, - Reuters

Lukoil declared force majeure in November at West Qurna 2 as it was hit with sanctions alongside Rosneft.
January 8, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Wow, this intricate net bag is an extraordinary survival from ancient Egypt 3,600 years ago!

Made from linen string, it was used to suspend the ceramic flask from a wooden carrying pole.

Excavated at Qurna, near Thebes, in 1908. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me

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July 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Good morning from Qurna (West Thebes) #Egypt
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
According to Reuters, the Russian company Lukoil has declared force majeure at the giant "West Qurna-2" oil field, one of the largest oil fields in the world.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A remarkable discovery in Egypt: archaeologists have uncovered a 3,000-year-old tomb in the Theban necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna on Luxor’s west bank. Dating to the Ramesside period.

👉 www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
July 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Russia’s losing streak is not coming to an end and received another episode, this time in Iraq.

The Iraqi government nationalized the stake of Russia’s Lukoil in regards to the West Qurna-2 oil field, which accounts of around 75%. This oil field produces 460,000 barrels of oil, daily.
January 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Cattle Egret from Qurna, Egypt
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January 29, 2024 at 10:35 PM
The Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has declared force majeure at the West Qurna-2 oil field in Iraq - one of the world's largest oilfields, Reuters reports.

Iraqi authorities have halted all cash and crude payments to the company.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
2/West Qurna-2, one of the world’s largest oil fields, is Lukoil’s most valuable overseas asset.
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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#WeekI #Ipomoea or Morning glory
Qurna, Egypt
August 26, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Lukoil owns 75% of the West Qurna 2 oil field in Iraq.

🔥 The Iraqi government just voted to nationalize it. Another massive loss for Lukoil and its foreign assets.

Lukoil is Russia’s 2nd largest oil company.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Iraq to nationalise West Qurna 2 oilfield operations, government says
Iraq's cabinet has approved plans to nationalise operations at the West Qurna 2 oilfield, one of the world's largest, as the government looks to avert disruptions stemming from U.S. sanctions imposed ...
www.reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Statue of a Woman Carrying Offerings. #Sculpture (c. 1981-1975 B.C.) #Egypt

From the Tomb of Meketre, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, West Thebes.
September 12, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Luxor and Qurna (Western Thebes)
Check out my latest travel blog about my recent trip to #Egypt.
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Luxor and Qurna (Western Thebes) — The Road Less Travelled
View of the Colossi of Memnon (2025)
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March 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
❗️Iraq is moving to nationalize operations at the giant West Qurna-2 oilfield after U.S. sanctions forced Russian oil giant Lukoil to declare force majeure.
January 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Iraq is moving to nationalise operations at its massive West Qurna-2 oilfield after U.S. sanctions forced Russian giant Lukoil to declare force majeure. With Lukoil holding a 75% stake, Baghdad has tasked the state-run Basra Oil Company with taking over for the next 12 months, keeping output steady.
January 8, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Colossi of Memnon at night
Qurna, #Egypt
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January 25, 2024 at 4:11 PM
🛢️⚡️ Reuters: Russian oil company Lukoil has declared force majeure at its West Qurna-2 field in Iraq, one of the world's largest oil fields.

🇮🇶 Iraq stopped all payments to Lukoil after the US and the EU imposed sanctions on the company in late October.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For Iraq we have mostly shut-ins:

- Rumaila: was reduced by 700,000 ⁠bpd
- West Qurna 2: 460,000 bpd
- Maysan: 325,000 bpd.
- Kurdistan: halted 200,000 bpd
March 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
It was made using a system of half knots, executed in alternating diagonal rows. Here’s an article about the exceptional range of decorative netting in the Qurna Burial: www.academia.edu/9378985/The_...
The Carrier Nets from a Burial at Qurna
With Janine D. Bourriau
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July 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Lukoil's 75% operational stake in Iraq's West Qurna 2 oilfield - 470,000 barrels per day - was its biggest foreign asset.

The field accounts for about 0.5% of world oil supply and 9% of total output in Iraq, OPEC's second-largest producer after Saudi Arabia.
January 8, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Nature as a frame 📷
Gebel at Qurna, Egypt (2023)
Show me yours...
May 11, 2024 at 4:06 PM
❗️Russian oil company Lukoil has declared force majeure at Iraq’s West Qurna-2 oil field after U.S. sanctions — Reuters

Iraq has since stopped all cash and oil payments to the company, three sources told Reuters.
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Lady Henuttawy, wife of Menna, adorned with a Perfume Cone
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1419–1370 B.C
From the Tomb of the Official ‘Overseer of Fields of the Lord of the Two Lands’ Menna, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Theban Necropolis
April 19, 2026 at 9:48 PM
If the reasons behind the force majeure are not resolved within 6months,Lukoil will shut production and exit the project entirely

The West Qurna-2 field is one of Lukoil’s key foreign assets,with reserves estimated at 10 of billions of barrels of oil

reuters.com/business/en
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
zazoura on a screen door - Qurna, Egypt (2017)
December 29, 2023 at 1:45 PM