Report: Attack on Turkey-Iraq pipeline knocks out oil flows
By REUTERS
07/21/2012 09:10
ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities are blaming sabotage for a fire on a pipeline carrying petroleum from Iraq to Turkey's Mediterranean coast that cut oil flows late on Friday, NTV television said.
The fire on the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline erupted near the town of Midyat in southeastern Turkey, it said, citing the provincial governor.
No on was immediately available at the governor's office or at the state pipeline operator Botas to confirm the report.