Iraq's oil exports to Turkey stopped again
2013-07-13T09:29:06+00:00
The source said, in a statement to Reuters, briefed by “Shafaq News” that “the cause of the stop may be a leak in Kirkuk - Ceyhan pipeline”.
The line was closed in the period of 21 of last June to last Thursday due to a leak.
The previous oil supplies stop was one of the longest stop operations during recent years that contributed to rise in crude prices in the Mediterranean region.
Iraqi oil pipelines to Turkey are often subjected to stop in pumping, due to technical problems and the other linked to armed attacks on the conveyor lines.
The pipeline transmits the Iraqi Kirkuk crude of high average of sulfur density to the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean, as exports usually about 300 thousand barrels per day.
