Fire in 2 oil pipelines extinguished in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Southern Oil Company fire squads were able to extinguish a fire which erupted in two oil pumping pipelines today in Southern Ruamila oil field, the company’s Director General said. In a press conference, attended by IraqiNews.com, Dhia al-Mussawi said that the fire squads rushed to the site of the explosions and extinguished the fire. “Oil exports were not affected due to secondary lines,” he added. He noted that the work in the two pipelines will be halted for the coming two days for maintenance. Mussawi disclosed that the explosions were an act of terrorism. The two pipelines pump about 600,000 b/d. Earlier, oil security sources told IraqiNews.com that the reasons for the explosions were not yet known. Basra city, the center of the province, lies 590 km south of the capital, Baghdad. RM (TI)/SR Number of Reads:182