Baba Gurgur
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Baba Gurgur (Arabic: بابا كركر, Kurdish: بابە گوڕگوڕ ,Babagurgur[1][2]) is an oil field and gas flame near the city of Kirkuk, which was the first to be discovered in Northern Iraq in 1927.
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Baba Gurgur | |
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Location of Baba Gurgur | |
Country | Iraq |
Coordinates | 35.5329°N 44.3357°E / 35.5329; 44.3357 |
Operator | Iraq Petroleum Company |
Field history | |
Discovery | 1927 |
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It was considered the largest oil field in the world until the discovery of the Ghawar field in Saudi Arabia in 1948. Baba Gurgur is 16 kilometres north-west of Arrapha and is famous for its Eternal Fire (Arabic: النار الازلية) at the middle of its oil fields.