IRAQ: FIRE BREAKS OUT BY ACCIDENT AT AN OIL WELL IN KIRKUK WHILE AN OIL PIPELINE IS HIT BY A BOMB IN FARTHA

Record ID: 344880

  • Title: IRAQ: FIRE BREAKS OUT BY ACCIDENT AT AN OIL WELL IN KIRKUK WHILE AN OIL PIPELINE IS HIT BY A BOMB IN FARTHA
  • Date: 13th November 2004
  • Summary: (U4) KIRKUK , IRAQ (NOVEMBER 13,2004) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF THREE COLUMNS OF SMOKE RISING 0.06 2. VARIOUS OF SMOKE RISING 0.15 3. VARIOUS OF THE OIL WELL ON FIRE; SMOKE RISING (6 SHOTS) 1.02 (U4) BAIJI , IRAQ (NOVEMBER 13,2004) (REUTERS) 4. WIDE OF REFINERY 1.08 5. VARIOUS OF THE OIL PIPELINE ON FIRE (5 SHOTS) 1.53 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 28th November 2004 12:00
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  • Location: KIRKUK AND BAIJI, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA24EOI6CDNC1N9A6MOHLDBYUJX
  • Story Text: Fire breaks out in an oil well in northern Iraq; pipeline hit by a
    bomb in Fatha, 125 miles north of Baghdad.




    A fire broke out by accident on Saturday (November
    13) in an oil well in northern Iraq, an official in the
    state North Oil Company said.

    The fire in the Khabbaz oil field southwest of the oil
    centre of Kirkuk was accidental and did not affect exports
    to Turkey, which were flowing at 500,000 barrels per day
    (bpd), the official said.

    The north produces 700,000 bpd out of Iraq's output of
    2.6 million bpd.

    Saboteurs have mounted relentless attacks on Iraqi oil
    facilities, including pipelines and wells, since the Iraq
    war last year.

    An oil pipeline running from Kirkuk to a power station
    and a refinery in Baiji, 200-km (125 miles) north of
    Baghdad, was hit overnight, officials said.

    The said a bomb blew off a section of the pipeline in
    the Fatha area west of Baiji.
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