Truthout: Iraq Oil Exports Cut in Half After Attack
Basra, Iraq - A sabotage attack on a cluster of about 20 oil pipelines in southern Iraq has cut exports from the key oil producing region by half, a top oil official said Thursday.
Iraqi workers stand near a burning pipeline south of Basra in southern Iraq. Photo: Atef Hassan/Reuters
It was the latest insurgent attack to set back Iraq's oil sector, a key source of funding for reconstruction.
The pipelines were 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.
Oil exports out of southern Iraq average about 1.85 million barrels a day. The oil official said Wednesday's sabotage cut exports to 900,000 barrels. The country's southern pipelines export 90 percent of Iraq's oil.
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