Bomb blast hits Iraqi gas pipeline
16/11/2004 - 09:26:17Saboteurs today triggered an explosion on a gas pipeline in northern Iraq, setting off a fire which was still burning hours later, oil officials said.
The blast occurred in the Riyadh region, some 38 miles south-west of Kirkuk, along the gas pipeline that runs from Kirkuk to the power station in Beiji, a Northern Oil official said.
Oil officials said they would need four days to repair the pipeline.
Insurgents frequently target the country’s gas and oil infrastructure, which provides much needed revenue for reconstruction efforts in Iraq.
Kirkuk is 180 miles north of Baghdad.
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