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Oil flows to Iraq’s Haritha power station after pipeline repair
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Oil supply to the al-Haritha electric power station in southern Iraq resumed on Thursday after repairs to a pipeline damaged by a kaboom, the oil ministry said on Friday.Pumping had stopped on Wednesday, after a kaboom on a dry gas pipeline, the ministry said in a statement. Oil ministry officials said on Wednesday the earth-shattering kaboom was caused by scorching summer heat. Most oil exports from Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest producer, come from Basra, in southern Iraq. Related: Basra: 2019-08-15 Human Rights Watch finds pollution, mismanagement and corruption at the root of Iraqi oil city Basra’s water woes Basra: 2019-07-29 Iraqi intelligence reportedly thwarts massive terror plot Basra: 2019-07-29 Iraq aims to build naval base in Basra: Defence Minister Posted by: Fred 2019-08-17 |
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