Iraq has resumed crude oil flow from the Kirkuk oil fields to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan more than a day after it was halted by an explosion on the Turkish leg of the pipeline, but at a reduced rate, a Middle East shipping agent said Thursday.
Iraq
has
resumed crude oil flow from the
Kirkuk
oil
fields to
Turkey
's
Mediterranean
port
of
Ceyhan
more
than a day after it was halted by an explosion on the Turkish leg of the
pipeline, but at a reduced rate, a
Middle East
shipping agent said Thursday.
"They resumed the pumping at
11
p.m.
local time (2000 GMT) on Wednesday," the shipping agent told Dow
Jones Newswires by telephone from Ceyhan.
Iraq
stopped pumping crude from
Kirkuk
to
Ceyhan Tuesday evening due to a blast that ripped open part of the pipeline in
Turkey
. Government
security services have blamed the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, known as
the PKK, which is fighhting for autonomous rule in southeastern
Turkey
.
The agent said pumping was resumed at a reduced rate by using another pipeline
running parallel to the damaged one. "The flow is expected to increase
gradually to reach its normal level of 432,000 to 480,000 barrels a day,"
he said.
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