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Iraq battles terrorists, criminals to secure pipelines

02/23/2009
Most of Iraq’s 7,000-km domestic oil pipeline network has been wrecked by attacks by terrorists and criminals, according to a senior government official.Hashem Abid Al Ghafoor, director-general of the state-owned Iraqi Pipeline Co., told delegates at a natural gas conference in Cairo that 80% of Iraq’s pipelines linked to refineries and industrial and power plants has suffered “between 50-100% total destruction.”The oil ministry has, for years, been working “under great difficulty” to rebuild the country’s dilapidated oil infrastructure, Al Ghafoor said, adding that over the past 3 months, the company has dealt with 2,000 explosions on lines.Accor...
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