Iraq’s two key oil pipelines in the south were pumping oil to Iraqi sea terminals again after engineers finished fixing the damage caused by a series of sabotage attacks, an industry source told AFP. “Pipeline number two began pumping oil again at about 10:00 am (0600 GMT) and we have reached a level of 70,000 barrels per hour,” an official at one of the offshore terminals in the north of the Gulf said Saturday. The repair work to the 48-inch pipeline meant oil exports — the country’s largest source of revenue — were well on their way to reaching their pre-attack level of between 1.6 million and 1.8 million barrels per day. On Monday, the first, smaller pipeline resumed pumping after engineers completed emergency repairs. Full Story
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