Saboteurs Attack About 20 Iraq Pipelines

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040826/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_oil&cid=540&ncid=716

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BASRA, Iraq - Saboteurs have attacked about 20 oil pipelines in southern Iraq (news - web sites), reducing exports from the key oil producing region by at least one third, a top oil official said Thursday.

The cluster of pipelines was attacked late Wednesday in Berjasiya, 20 miles southwest of the southern city of Basra, an official with the state-run South Oil Co. said on condition of anonymity. The pipelines, which connect the Rumeila oilfields to Berjasiya, were still ablaze Thursday.

Associated Press Television News footage showed huge plumes of black smoke and flames leaping from the Zubayr 1 pumping station, south of Basra.

Oil exports out of southern Iraq average about 1.85 million barrels a day. The oil official said Wednesday's sabotage cut exports to 1.2 million barrels.



Foreign and Iraqi oil workers look at a flames and a large plume of smoke rising after an attack on an oil pipeline in al-Barjisiya, 30 km (18 miles) southwest of Basra, Iraq (news - web sites) Thursday Aug. 26, 2004. Oil official says saboteurs attacked multiple pipelines in southern Iraq. (AP Photo/Nabil al Jurani)

[hadrons]

1. now who didn't see this coming ....

didn't oil futures drop because of the good news that Iraq's pipelines were all up again? did any of those knuckle-heads think that it would last more than a few days?

[leftchick]

4. Oil prices climb as saboteurs attack Iraq pipelines

Knuckle-heads indeed....


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040826/ts_afp/oil_price&cid=1503&ncid=1480

LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices rebounded slightly in the wake of multiple pipeline attacks in major producer Iraq (news - web sites), traders said.


The price of benchmark Brent North Sea crude oil for delivery in October climbed 22 cents to 40.90 dollars per barrel in opening deals, having shed 1.64 dollars the day before.


New York's main contract, light sweet crude for October delivery, gained 31 cents to 44.78 dollars per barrel in pre-opening electronic trading, having plunged 1.74 dollars Wednesday.

[pinniped]

2. Don't worry, I'm sure *'s science advisor told the idiot these...

pipeline fires play no role in this global warming thing. Even more stupid is the idiot would believe it.

------He said it was not clear if that pipeline had been attacked, however.------

I think some army ants ate thru it.:crazy:

[Skidmore]

3. Folks, I think we have another failure of imagination here.

Let's get this bunch out of office before the world explodes.

* is a WMD.

[xchrom]

5. sigh -- gwb = miserable failure

[Ganja Ninja]

6. Iraqi patriots taking a bite out of crime. n/t

[daleo]

7. A little warning for Allawi and Bush

This is just a taste of what will happen if they kill Sadr and/or Sistani and take out the shrine. These pipelines clearly can't be protected by the occupation forces.