Bombs Hit Iraqi Oil Pipeline

December 14, 2011

Tags: Basra, Boom, Oil
Posted in: Iraq

Two or three bombs hit a crude oil pipeline in Iraq’s southern oilfields leading to storage tanks around Basra.

The impact on oil production or exports was not immediately clear, but the deputy head of the Basra provincial council, Ahmed al-Sulaiti, said firefighters were still battling the fire late on Tuesday.

An oil police source told Reuters, “the explosions happened in succession and caused an enormous fire … We cannot go near the explosion site because the fire is still raging… we fear the fire might extend to other nearby oil pipelines.”

The pipeline was reported to be carrying crude to the Zubair 1 storage facility near Basra. In early June, militants blew up a storage tank at the Zubair 1 storage facility, despite tight security.

Jeez, they didn’t even wait until the door hit the last US solider on the butt on the way out…

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