IRAQ: SABOTEURS BLOW UP AN OIL STORAGE TANK IN NORTHERN CITY OF KIRKUK

Record ID: 344919

  • Title: IRAQ: SABOTEURS BLOW UP AN OIL STORAGE TANK IN NORTHERN CITY OF KIRKUK
  • Date: 5th December 2004
  • Summary: (EU)KIRKUK, IRAQ (DECEMBER 5, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. TWO COLUMNS OF THICK BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM DESTROYED OIL STORAGE 0.08 2. COLUMN OF THICK BLACK SMOKE RISING INTO SKY / FLAMES 0.14 3. CU: SMOKE RISING 0.27 4. CLOSE UP OF FLAMES 0.37 5. VARIOUS OF COLUMN OF BLACK SMOKE RISING FROM OIL STORAGE (3 SHOTS) 1.06 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 20th December 2004 12:00
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  • Location: KIRKUK, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA7QMTC9EHKIWOT3DCFJ3XERGZ7
  • Story Text: Saboteurs blew up an oil storage tank in the
    northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk.


    Saboteurs blew up an oil storage tank in the
    northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Sunday (December 5),
    with the flames continuing to rage hours after it was set
    on fire.

    The attack was the latest in a string of sabotage
    against Iraq's oil installations.

    Witnesses said attackers blew up a pipeline that runs
    inside an underground oil storage tank, 80 km southwest of
    Kirkuk, and that set the storage ablaze.

    They said the attack took place early Sunday (December
    5) morning, around 0230 (2330 GMT December 4).

    Columns of thick black smoke and raging flames could
    be seen coming from the oil storage. The Ministry of Oil
    did not offer any comment on the pipeline or the storage
    tank.

    Repeated attacks on Iraq's oil infrastructure,
    especially in the north, have played havoc with the
    country's crude exports.

    Shipments of Iraq's northern Kirkuk crude from Turkey
    are expected to remain at no more than 200,000 bpd (barrels
    per day) for three months.

    Iraq's south oil exports were running at a reduced
    rate of one million barrels per day (bpd) for a second day
    on Wednesday (December 1) while repairs continued on a
    pipeline feeding the country's key Gulf terminal.

    Kirkuk, located 200 km (125 miles) north of Baghdad,
    has been the scene of frequent outbreaks of violence.

    Insurgents have regularly targeted the region's rich
    oil reserves, blowing up pipelines carrying oil from Kirkuk
    to nearby refineries.


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