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June 14, 2003

Iraq-Turkey Oil Pipeline Operational in 48 Hours

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The main oil pipeline from Iraq to Turkey is expected to be back in working condition within 48 hours after it was hit by fire and explosions caused by a gas leak, a U.S. military spokesman said on Saturday.
"We hope the facility will be back up if not today then tomorrow," the spokesman said.

The de facto Oil Minister Thamir Ghadhban, appointed by the U.S. administration in Iraq, said earlier that Thursday's blasts on the pipeline could hamstring Iraq's ability to export crude.

Posted By Venomous Kate at June 14, 2003 03:08 PM | TrackBack

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All they need is to get a couple of Cajuns over there and oil will flow before you can say "Quagmire".

Posted by: Insta-Gator at June 14, 2003 09:53 PM

There seems to be a glaring difference between "severly hamstring Iraq's ability to export crude" and ; "be operational withing 24 to 48...". Which is it? I know that Rueters does not have the worlds laziest journalists but having both statements in the same article makes for unreadable copy.

Christ, can't anyone do thier jobs anymore?

Posted by: devils chewtoy at June 15, 2003 01:42 AM

Insta-Gator, you r indeed right. One of my compadres grabbed up his discharge in about 1977 and went to work on a rig Brown & Root was working in the Gulf of Mexico, as a diver. He said a lot of those Coonasses couldn't read, but they could sure as hell drill oil.

Posted by: Wolf at June 15, 2003 02:18 AM

the aticle saidk, "BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The main oil pipeline from Iraq to Turkey is expected to be back in working condition within 48 hours after it was hit by fire and explosions caused by a gas leak, a U.S. military spokesman said on Saturday. "

YESTERDAY IT SAID, "Residents questioned by AFP at the nearby Al-Amin coffeeshop said the pipeline had been attacked by Iraqis using explosives.
"Some Iraqis came and blew it up," Kazzem Ibrahim said.
"It's to stop the Americans taking out the oil out to Turkey," Khidr Aziz said, a day after the first post-war oil contracts were awarded."

WTF

Posted by: Jeff B at June 15, 2003 03:59 PM

When this story was posted on the 13th, I said Boots&Coots was on it, because it was ablaze. Fire was put out, and Brown & Root were on it, in all of 10 seconds. Geeesh. How much revenue did they burn on that one? The cost of a suicide vest? I can see this 'foreign fighter' arunnin' up to the pipe and holdin' on, just long enough for his friend Mahmut to do the run-up and pull the pin thingy. Were there any casualties? ROFLMAO.

Posted by: Dave Dubé at June 15, 2003 09:22 PM