Baba Gurgur
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 Iraq in 1927.
| Baba Gurgur | |
|---|---|
The Eternal Fire at Baba Gurgur | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Coordinates | 35.5329°N 44.3357°E |
| Operator | Iraq Petroleum Company |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | 1927 |
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.
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