BAGHDAD, June 23 (Reuters) - BP, Eni and

TotalEnergies have begun evacuating foreign personnel

from Iraqi oilfields where they operate, state-run Basra Oil

Company said on Monday.

Output from Iraq's southern oilfields for the time being

remains unchanged with exports averaging 3.32 million barrels

per day, two oil officials told Reuters.

The measures follow U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear

sites and clashes between Israel and Iran, which borders Iraq.

Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah had warned

it would resume attacks on U.S. troops in the region if the

United States intervenes in Iran.

"The companies operating in Basra Oil Company fields... have

temporarily evacuated some foreign personnel, particularly BP,

which operates in the Rumaila field," Basra Oil said in a

statement.

It added that the move would not affect production.

BP was not immediately available to comment.

Italy's Eni, which has a technical service contract at

Iraq's Zubair oil and gas field, had reduced staff to 98 from

260, Basra Oil said, adding the workers remained in the country

were working normally with local employees.

A spokesman had previously said Eni had reduced personnel as

a precautionary move and was monitoring the situation in the

region.

France's TotalEnergies has evacuated 60% of its personnel,

but this did not affect operations, Basra Oil said. The company

was not immediately available to comment.

Work continued smoothly at the West Qurna/1, Siba, and

Faihaa fields which are managed by Chinese companies, who did

not reduce their staff, Basra Oil said.

Activities conducted by Russia's Lukoil were also

not impacted.

Chevron ( CVX ) and Shell, which also operate in

Iraq, declined to comment.

(Additional reporting by Francesca Landini in Milan, Marwa

Rashad in London, America Hernandez in Paris; Writing by Nayera

Abdallah and Francesca Landini; editing by Alexandra Hudson,

Tomasz Janowski and Jason Neely)