VOL. XLVI

No 43

27-October-2003

IRAQ

Security Problems Continue To Delay Kirkuk Crude Exports

Plans by the Iraqi oil authorities to start Kirkuk crude oil exports through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline continue to be hindered by the near-weekly sabotage incidents targeting the export system as well as the domestic pipeline grid that feeds the Baiji and Daura refineries in northern and central Iraq respectively. In the latest attack, on 21 October, a cluster of two pipelines providing crude oil to the...