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Two drone strikes have hit infrastructure at Iraq’s Majnoon oil field, increasing security concerns in the country’s energy sector.

One of the drones hit a communications tower, and the other hit the office of the US engineering company KBR, according to local media reports.

There were no casualties as a result of the attacks.

Foreign workers were evacuated from the site days after the US and Israel’s war with Iran started, and only Iraqi staff are currently working at the site.

Shortly before the war started, KBR announced that it had been awarded a “major contract” by Iraq’s state-owned Basra Oil Company to provide integrated field management services (IFMS) for the Majnoon oil field.

Located in southern Iraq, Majnoon is one of the world’s largest oil fields, with estimated reserves of over 38 billion barrels.

Under the IFMS contract, KBR will provide upstream engineering, project and operations management.

The company said it will also provide maintenance services to enhance crude production, modernise field facilities, and implement advanced artificial intelligence and digital technologies to optimise reservoir performance.

KBR’s scope includes subsurface drilling and reservoir engineering.

It is unclear how the ongoing conflict will affect the contract.

Prior to the war, KBR said the project was expected to generate local employment across Iraq’s engineering, construction and oilfield services industries, with an initial workforce of approximately 2,000 in-country personnel.