BAGHDAD, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Iraq plans to contract a foreign oil BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast to almost double the oil oil rig flanges gulf coast production capacity of the northern Kirkuk fields, to more than one million barrels per day, Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi said in a statement on Tuesday.

Luaibi, commenting on the Iraqi military operation that captured Kirkuk from Kurdish forces on Monday, said all the fields of the province have been returned to government control.

He warned Kurdish authorities against blocking the Kirkuk oil gulf coast oil rig export pipeline, saying they would face legal action.

(Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli, editing by Louise Heavens)