Government fears oil worker kidnap threat By katherinetrail July 8 2014, 11:23 am July 8 2014, 11:23 am Share Government fears oil worker kidnap threat Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/uk-and-abroad/279163/undefined-headline-231/ Copy Link UK Government officials fear oil workers based in Iraq could be kidnapped and handed over to the brutal ISIS militant group. The al Qaida inspired terrorists have taken over large parts of the north of the country and neighbouring Syria. A Foreign Office source told the Press and Journal that threats against oil workers had not come from a specific group. Full story on Energy Voice.