Kurdistan hamstrung by pipeline outages, oil field attacks
The cash-strapped KRG has lost millions due to export pipeline malfunctions and attacks on a key oil field.
Twin oil pipelines run north to a processing facility at the Avana Dome oil formation in the Sargaran sub-district, Aug. 25, 2015. (PATRICK OSGOOD/Iraq Oil Report)
ERBIL - Kurdistan has lost more than $55 million so far in August, due to three days of export pipeline outages and a drop in production after attacks on the Bai Hassan oil field.
The Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) oil export pipeline has been down for more than 80 hours this month because of technical problems in Turkey, three oil officials briefed on oil exports said.
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