Sabateurs blow up oil pipeline junction
Best quote:
"If you build it they will come and try to blow it up"
KIRKUK, Iraq - Saboteurs wrecked a recently repaired pipeline junction Tuesday and the fire set off a cascade of power blackouts that underlined the frustrations faced by U.S. engineers trying to upgrade northern Iraq (news - web sites)'s creaky oil facilities in the face of relentless bombings.
The 3 a.m. attack blew up a junction where multiple oil pipelines cross the Tigris River at the northern city of Beiji. The burning oil melted power cables, causing a short that knocked power plants off line and cut off electricity across Iraq until late afternoon, officials said.
The breach also shut down the pipeline ferrying crude oil from Kirkuk's huge oilfield to an export terminal in Ceyhan, Turkey. With crude oil selling above $40 a barrel, the frequent sabotage has cost Iraq more than $2 billion, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has said.
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Best quote:
"If you build it they will come and try to blow it up"
KIRKUK, Iraq - Saboteurs wrecked a recently repaired pipeline junction Tuesday and the fire set off a cascade of power blackouts that underlined the frustrations faced by U.S. engineers trying to upgrade northern Iraq (news - web sites)'s creaky oil facilities in the face of relentless bombings.
The 3 a.m. attack blew up a junction where multiple oil pipelines cross the Tigris River at the northern city of Beiji. The burning oil melted power cables, causing a short that knocked power plants off line and cut off electricity across Iraq until late afternoon, officials said.
The breach also shut down the pipeline ferrying crude oil from Kirkuk's huge oilfield to an export terminal in Ceyhan, Turkey. With crude oil selling above $40 a barrel, the frequent sabotage has cost Iraq more than $2 billion, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has said.
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