IS no longer controls Iraqi oil wells

Islamic State militants no longer control any oil wells in Iraq after being ousted by government forces in late September from an area near Kirkuk, the government Oil Ministry has told Reuters. The ultra-hardline Sunni Muslim group were driven out of Shirquat by US-backed Iraqi forces, following the loss of the Qayyara oil field, south of Mosul, as government forces thrust northwards in an offensive to retake the largest city under ISIS control. ISIS still controls some oil wells on Syrian land.