Attack
on Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline halts flow
Unknown
militants have bombed a section of a pipeline carrying Iraqi crude
oil from the northern city of Kirkuk to Turkey's Mediterranean port
of Ceyhan.
14
May, 2013
Monday’s
attack, which was second in a week, stopped the flow of oil, Reuters
quoted Iraqi oil officials as saying.
"More
than one bomb was used to attack the pipeline at around 1:30 local
time Monday. The pipeline was severely damaged," an oil ministry
official said.
On
May 6, militants bombed the same pipeline, and halted the flow of oil
until May 12.
Ties
have soured between the Iraqi government and the Turkish government
over the energy relations between Ankara and the Iraq’s
semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
In
November, Baghdad prevented Turkish national energy firm TPAO from
bidding for an oil exploration contract.
And
in December, the Iraqi government prevented a plane carrying Turkish
Energy Minister Taner Yildiz from landing in Arbil as he was
reportedly on his way to ink the energy agreements with the KRG.
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