Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 43

24-October-2005

IRAN

Maroun Pipeline Fire Halts Crude Flow

An explosion on a pipeline carrying crude oil from the Maroun oilfield in Khuzestan province halted supplies from there on 16 October. Firefighters took several hours to bring the resultant blaze under control. While there was no estimate given for the amount of oil production that was delayed, the National Iranian Oil Companys (NIOCs)PIN news service reported that some recent fires had been...