(Reuters/Yahoo! News)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saboteurs attacked one of two oil pipelines feeding Iraq (news - web sites)'s southern export terminals on Saturday despite increased security following a similar attack last month, an oil official said.
"Fire is raging in the 42-inch pipeline on the Faw Peninsula. It was sabotage," said the official, who declined to be named.
The effect on oil exports, which were running at close to 2 million barrels per day before from the Basra and Khor al-Amaya offshore terminals, was not immediately known.
Last month, saboteurs blew holes in the 42-inch and 48-inch pipelines feeding the two terminals, and also attacked the main export pipeline through Turkey, forcing exports to stop.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saboteurs attacked one of two oil pipelines feeding Iraq (news - web sites)'s southern export terminals on Saturday despite increased security following a similar attack last month, an oil official said.
"Fire is raging in the 42-inch pipeline on the Faw Peninsula. It was sabotage," said the official, who declined to be named.
The effect on oil exports, which were running at close to 2 million barrels per day before from the Basra and Khor al-Amaya offshore terminals, was not immediately known.
Last month, saboteurs blew holes in the 42-inch and 48-inch pipelines feeding the two terminals, and also attacked the main export pipeline through Turkey, forcing exports to stop.
