A leaked report from Ministry of Health (Iraq) blamed air pollution for 20% rise in cancer in Basra between 2015 and 2018.

[3] Iraqi Environment Minister Jassem al-Falahi later admitted that "pollution from oil production is the main reason for increases in local cancer rates."

Prior to World War 2 extensive work had been done in the Amarah area, and was later carried on in the southern part of the concession.

[6] A detail map of field (including wells), pipe and port was published in the November 1953 issue of The Petroleum Engineer.

The first shipment of Zubair oil from the terminal was made on December 19 or 21, 1951, a total of 33,800 tons was shipped in in the last days of 1951 and the field was inaugurated in January 1952.

[9][12][6] The pipeline extended north-eastwards, met the Shatt al-Arab at Basra and then followed the river on its right bank to Fao, according to a World Oil map.

[15] It ran a somewhat more direct route, meeting the Shatt al-Arab due east, bypassing Basrah.

[16] The pipe contract also covered 250 miles of loop on the Kirkuk-Banias pipeline, where work was interrupted when the conditions were most favorable in the south for laying the pipe; 2000 tons of equipment were moved 500 miles and then back, costing 10 days of overhead on each relocation.

[18] At the end of 1960, work was underway to convert the original 12-inch line to a 50-mile gas carrier between Rumaila and Basra.

[6] At the end of 1953 this increased to 20 tanks of 135,000bbl and 4 jetties (all rated at 2,000 tons/hour) and there were built a powerhouse with 3 x 640kva generators and a 120,000 gallons/day water treatment plant.

[5] The field, the headquarters at Makinah and the Fao port were interconnected via an automatic-dial VHF telephone/telegraph system.

[20] Zubair was the third field in Iraq to enter commercial production, after Naft Khana and Kirkuk (1934).