The Maysan Oil Company (MOC) is responsible for fields in the Maysan province which include six producing fields (Bazergan, Abu-Gharb, Fakka and Halfaya), as well as Majnoon, which it operates in partnership with the South Oil Company.
Halfaya |
The German, Wilhelm Bach, in his conduct of the Axis defence of Halfaya Pass himself earnt the nickname (alluding to his peacetime occupation as a Lutheran minister), 'the Pastor of Hellfire Pass'.