The stability of the export of oil from the Kirkuk oilfields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan and to ta

The stability of the export of oil from the Kirkuk oilfields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan and to take security measures to protect the tube carrier space (100) km

15/07/2013 19:17



Range Press / Kirkuk
Revealed a senior source in the North Oil Company, said Monday that the company "began exporting crude oil" from the Kirkuk oilfields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan naturally since the dawn of the day, between the rate of pumping ranges currently between "(300 - 325) thousand barrels," In When pointed out that the production processes were marred by a lot of problems through "the current month and the past," stressed that he was "taking security measures to protect the path of the line" of Baiji, even Mosul and a total distance of 100 km.

The source said in an interview (range Press) that "the North Oil Company began exporting crude oil from the Kirkuk oilfields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan naturally since the dawn of day," and that "the process of pumping oil and three weeks ago is going normally," pointing out that " pumping rate ranges between (300 - 325) thousand barrels of the total production of the company's (650) thousand barrels that the export rate increases within a few days to up to 400 thousand barrels. "

The source, who requested anonymity, that "the production processes were marred by a lot of problems during the current month and the past," noting that "the export was volatile due to the imbalance artistic cross-track line, which is filled with holes from frequent attacks it," مردفا "exceeded attacks (18) a direct attack since the start of the year. "

He stressed that "the security measures taken to protect the path of the line from Baiji to Mosul along a distance of more than 100 kilometers from SHIRQAT and Tlul Baaj and Albu colt and other areas," pointing out that "the evening line in these areas subjected to attacks and sabotage of oil smugglers or armed groups, "adding," But now there is a wide spread of security and to control the path of the line after the completion of several clips and switch processing holes. "

The leadership of the band twelfth in the Iraqi army said, in (the first of July 2013), about the arrest of four people, including a wanted accused of attacks on the pipeline transportation of oil between Iraq and Turkey, west of Kirkuk, (250) north of Baghdad, while denied the addition of six military helicopters to angel band.

It is said that transport oil pipeline between Iraq and Turkey, suffered during the current year to 11 attacks, targeting the main line carrier of crude oil between Kirkuk and the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

The tube carrier oil between Iraq and Turkey presented on the 25th of April, 2013, to the bombing of the improvised explosive device planted underneath in Tlul area Alpag West spend SHIRQAT, (120 km) north of Tikrit, I stopped on the track confiscated oil to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

And exposed pipes for oil tanker between the period and the other for bombings and sabotage improvised explosive devices sometimes cause to cut off the supply of fuel, or disable export for several days or more.

Iraq exports about 450 thousand barrels per day from the pipeline that extends through Turkey to the port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea, after it was issued about 600 thousand per day had come from the Kurdistan region of Iraq, but stopped because of the problems between Baghdad and the region to pay dues companies producing oil in region.

The total capacity of the line of about 600 thousand barrels per day, which is the only line worker to export oil through a pipe to the outside, with Iraq exports to the rest of the production, of around 2.62 million barrels per day by the sea ports in Basra.

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