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| Blast Interrupts Iraq-Turkey Oil Pipeline |
| 2012-08-07 |
| [An Nahar] An overnight blast in southeastern Turkey interrupted oil flow from Iraq, a Turkish energy ministry official said Monday. The blast hit the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline in Mardin province close to Turkey's border with Syria and repairs are expected to take up to 10 days, the official added on customary condition of anonymity. The 970-kilometre (600-mile) pipeline runs from Iraq's northern oil hub of Kirkuk to the port of Ceyhan on Turkey's Mediterranean coast, pumping 450,000 to 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day. |
| Posted by:Fred |