Crude oil flow from
Iraq
's
northern oil fields to
Turkey
's
export Ceyhan terminal will remain suspended for the next four to five days
following a bomb attack on the export pipeline early Wednesday, an official
with the state-run North Oil Company said Thursday.
"We will need four to five days to repair the damaged part of the
pipeline," the official said. The line carries crude oil from Iraq's
Kirkuk and Kurdish oil fields to Turkey's Ceyhan in the Mediterranean.
"The flow has been suspended since early Wednesday," the official,
who preferred not to be named for security reasons, confirmed.
The 1,000 kilometer-long pipeline was attacked and damaged near the city of
Mosul
in
northern
Iraq
.
Iraq
usually pumps between 450,000 and 490,000 barrels a day via that pipeline. The crude oil is exported to
Europe and Turkey.