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| BASRA: Oil pipeline repaired |
| 2004-06-28 |
| BASRA: Iraqâs two key oil pipelines in the south were pumping oil to Iraqi sea terminals again yesterday after engineers finished fixing the damage caused by a series of sabotage attacks, an industry source said. âPipeline number two began pumping oil again at about 0600 GMT and we have reached a level of 70,000 barrels per hour,â an official at one of the offshore terminals in the north of the Gulf said. The repair work to the 48-inch pipeline meant oil exports â the countryâs largest source of revenue â were well on their way to reaching their pre-attack level of between 1.6 million and 1.8 million barrels per day. On Monday, the first, smaller pipeline resumed pumping after engineers completed emergency repairs. The 42-inch line, which has a capacity of 500,000-600,000 barrels per day, was hit by saboteurs last Monday near the Az Zubayr oil fields, followed by an attack on the 48-inch line near the Basra oil refinery on Tuesday. The pipelines are connected to storage facilities on the Fao Peninsula that feed the Basra and Al Khorayma sea terminals, 500 kilometres south of Baghdad. Iraqâs southern terminals have been the main gateway for exports ever since last yearâs US-led invasion, as insurgents have waged a relentless campaign of sabotage against the export pipeline to Turkey from the main northern oil fields around the city of Kirkuk. The southern route had been left largely untouched until late April, but since then a succession of attacks have targeted the vital export artery. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #2 Man, that's a great idea. Sort of like a 'human-shields-to-prevent-oil-spills'. Just chain some greenies up and down the pipeline. Tell 'em they're 'protesting' the 'evil oil spill' and give 'em a cell phone so they can dial up help when they see jihadis about to bust out and create a spill. Better n' flying the line. Might be cheaper, too. |
| Posted by: Quana 2004-06-28 11:49:26 AM |
| #1 Oil spills. Oooo, a Greenie's greatest anger thingy. They'll go apeshit. Hire some and let them chain themselves to the pipe or something. Hand 'em a walkie talkie or, if this particular wanker is too obnoxious, mebbe an Oscar Meyer Weenie Whistle. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-28 5:28:24 AM |