Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Iraq oil flow to Turkey halted on Sunday

The flow of oil from Iraq's northern fields along the vulnerable pipeline to Turkey halted early on Sunday, an Iraqi Oil Ministry source said on Monday.

The flow stopped after Turkish officials told Iraq that storage at Turkey's Ceyhan terminal was full, the ministry source said. The pipeline has been mostly idled since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 due to sabotage attacks. The ministry denied sabotage was to blame for the latest halt.

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