Baba Gurgur (Arabic: بابا كركر, Kurdish: بابە گوڕگوڕ ,Babagurgur) is an oil field and gas flame near the city of Kirkuk, which was the first to be discovered in Northern…
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Considered to be the largest oil field in the world until the discovery of the Ghawar field in Saudi Arabia in 1948, Baba Gurgur is famous for its Eternal Fire…
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In a massive oil field located near the city Kirkuk in Northern Iraq, flames keep burning over a small patch of land in the oil field. These flames, claimed to…
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For thousands of years the “eternal” flames of Baba Gurgur have burnt on near the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, inspiring legends, hope and simple warmth. Tribesmen in the…
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Baba Gurgur, (بابە گوڕگوڕ) which translates to “Father of Fire'' in Kurdish is located near the city of Kirkuk, in Northern Iraq. This place was known as the world's largest…
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This work derives from a black-and-white archive photograph taken at Baba Gurgur in northern Iraq in 1932, the site of Iraq’s first oil discovery. It depicts natural gas fires seeping…
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Steve Trigg. 433 subscribers. 7.7K views 5 years ago. Müfit Akkoyunlu gives me a tour of the Northern Iraqi oil fields and the eternal flame also known as Baba Gurgur.
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Located at the center of an enormous oil field in Iraq is the eternal fire of BabaGurgur. It is created by natural gas which percolates up through the rocks.…
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