Fire in southern Iraq’s Rumeila Oil Field’s pipeline extinguished

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A fire that broke out in southern Iraq’s Rumeila Oil Field‘s main pipeline carrying crude to al-Zubeir oil storage on Tuesday has been extinguished early on Wednesday, though repairs will take at least one week, the official spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry, Assem Jihad, said. “Our Ministry’s cadres have managed to extinguish the fire that broke out in the pipeline, carrying crude from Rumeila Oil Field to al-Zubeir-1, earlier today.The Ministry’s technical teams are evaluating the losses and laying a plan to repair the pipeline,” Jihad told IraqiNews.com news agency He said the fire broke out due to a subversive act on Tuesday night, in an attack against the pipeline, causing losses to the pipeline, but no human casualties. A source in Oil Installations Protection Police had reported on Tuesday that 3 explosive charges blew up the oil pipeline, causing severe losses. SKH (TS)/SR 460