Re: OT: America is Ticking Timebomb Thanks to Bush Corruption

From: Fred Bloggs (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 10/06/04 

Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:25:16 GMT

Tom Seim wrote:
> Fred Bloggs <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:<4161F7D5.7080609@nospam.com>...
>
>>Tom Seim wrote:
>>
>>>Fred Bloggs <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:<41603BD9.6090404@nospam.com>...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Tom Seim wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>Here is what your Bush "boy" has done- and that is precipitate an
>>>>>>economic collapse. If you think the west is *ever* going to have access
>>>>>>to Iraqi oil under this plan, you can guess again. When it gets to the
>>>>>>point that women and children become suicide bombers, the game is over.
>>>>>>A population driven to that level of insane desperation will burn that
>>>>>>oil before you or anyone in the west can get your thieving, greedy hands
>>>>>>on it - and that's a fact. They will destroy the oil fields, they will
>>>>>>sabotage the pumping stations, they will blow up the pipelines, they
>>>>>>will blow up the storage tanks, they will blow up the ports, and they
>>>>>>will sabotage and sink the oil tankers- causing massive environmental
>>>>>>damage. And now that Iraq has become the rallying place and proving
>>>>>>ground for more terrorists than the world has ever seen- it is only a
>>>>>>matter of time before Saudi Arabia goes too.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Fred,
>>>>>
>>>>>Better check your facts before embarassing yourself. Iraqi crude oil
>>>>>production is nearly back up to pre-war levels, even with all the
>>>>>bests efforts of the terrorists to stop it:
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/ipsr/t11a.xls
>>>>>
>>>>>Tom
>>>>
>>>>You call what is clearly falsified data from the Bush administration
>>>>facts? These people have been caught in lie after lie after lie. What do
>>>>you think about the US Agency for International Aid and Development
>>>>recently downgrading their estimate of Iraqis employed by them by nearly
>>>>50%? Sounds like a whopping big error to me- looks like the Bush
>>>>propagandists released their original report too early- God forbid
>>>>people actually checked up on them and exposed the fraud. Now USAID is
>>>>scrambling to salvage credibility- their position is hopeless- and
>>>>another US agency bites the dust. This from the Brookings Institute.
>>>>Iraq is a training ground for infrastructure disruption strategy, and
>>>>successful strategies at that, that will soon be employed throughout the
>>>>middle East to destroy the western economies. Saudi Arabia is down to
>>>>0.6Mbpd excess capacity which means NO ROOM TO MANEUVER. The very dire
>>>>predictions by those who know this industry inside and out is that when
>>>>you reach the coincidence of peak production, supply chain bottleneck,
>>>>and demand- the system will implode quite rapidly with skyrocketing
>>>>prices and economic collapse.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.brook.edu/fp/saban/luftmemo20040617.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>[blah, blah, blah]
>>>
>>>Fred,
>>>
>>>You said
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>A population driven to that level of insane desperation will burn that
>>>>>oil before you or anyone in the west can get your thieving, greedy hands
>>>>>on it - and that's a fact.
>>>>
>>>Now you quote an article that says they are producing 1.95 mbd and
>>>exporting half that. Well, which is it?
>>>
>>>Tom
>>
>>You do not understand "mbd"? This means million-barrels-per-day. It is a
>>*rate* and not a quantity. It is possible for the insurgents to reduce
>>that rate to 0 mbd temporarily- and they have done that. The northern
>>pipeline is all but shut down completely. The oil production
>>infrastructure is a prime target, more insurgent resources are being
>>brought to bear against it, the frequency of attacks is picking up:
>>
>>"A sabotage campaign against Iraq's 4,300-mile pipeline system has
>>crippled the country's oil industry, hindering its ability to export
>>crude. Iraq is producing around 2.4 mbd, of which 1.6-1.9 mbd are
>>exported. However, these figures are currently declining. Data released
>>by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers show that crude production in May
>>dropped to 1.95 mbd and exports are down to 0.86 mbd, the lowest level
>>since last October."
>
>
> Fred,
>
> You said NONE OF IT WOULD GET OUT! NOT TRUE! And, yes, I do understand
> what "mbd" is. The articles all refer to average figures PER MONTH!
> You make rash statements and, then, you around around them. Must make
> you dizzy.
>
> The truth is while these terrorists are still alive oil production
> WILL be up and down. But if 40 million Iraq's are against the
> terrorists and in favor of oil production they will take care of these
> punks in due time.
>
> Tom

Nope- that is not right- you are still mis-understanding the
terminology. The "mbd" figures are used interchangeably to refer to two
distinct statistics: 1) a daily average of actual production, and 2) a
capacity for daily average of production. Take note that these are
different- things happen and maximum capacity is not always realized in
production. You might note for example that the all important "excess
capacity", of which very little remains in the middle east thanks to the
colossal mistakes of Bush, is measured in mbd. So you really lack the
cerebral horsepower to understand anything of numerical nature- it is
small wonder you appear so confused. Don't tell me that I reverse
positions or make dizzying reversals here and there, when you can't even
read with *comprehension*. If you want to look at something good- take a
gander at the horrific state of security of the failing Iraq oil
production infrastructure: http://www.iags.org/iraqpipelinewatch.htm
Iraq Pipeline Watch

Attacks on Iraqi pipelines, oil installations, and oil personnel:

2003
1. June 12 — attack along the 600 mile (960 km) pipeline that carries
crude oil from Iraq's northern fields near Kirkuk to Turkey's port of
Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea
2. June 19 — explosion in Bayji refinery complex about 125 miles (200
km) north of Baghdad
3. June 22 — explosion in natural gas line near Hit, a city about 95
miles (152 km) northwest of Baghdad
4. June 23 - gas pipeline explosion outside the town of Abidiyah
Gaarbiga, near the Syrian border in western Iraq
5. June 24 — explosion near Barwanah pipeline carries crude to al-Dawrah
refinery in Baghdad
6. June 26 — explosion near Al-Fatha near the River Tigris on pipeline
carrying oil to the Bayji refinery
7. July 29 — attack on pipeline near Basra
8. July 31 - saboteurs blew up part of a pipeline near Bayji
9. August 1 - two rocket propelled grenades fired at exposed and leaking
valve in an oil pipeline running west of Karbala sparked a blaze.
10. August 1 - explosion on oil pipeline running from Kirkuk to Bayji.
11. August 12 — attack near al-Taji near Baghdad
12. August 15 - explosion near Bayji
13. August 16 - explosion near Bayji
14. September 8 — attack on pipeline from the Jabour oil field 20 miles
(32 km) southeast of Kirkuk to the main pipeline that originates there
15. September 18 - attack on pipeline from Kirkuk to Ceyhan
16. October 11 - attack on pipeline from Zab to Kirkuk
17. October 16 - pipeline explosion near the city of Hadeetha, 125 miles
(200 km) northwest of Baghdad
18. October 23 - explosion near natural gas pipeline 30 miles (48 km)
south of Mosul
19. October 23 - bombing attack on an oil pipeline 150 miles (240 km)
north of Baghdad
20. November 1 - explosion at oil pipeline about 9 miles (15 km) north
of Tikrit
21. November 4 - explosion at a pipeline plant in Zumar, 38 miles (60
km) northwest of Mosul
22. November 10 - Mohammed al-Zibari, distribution manager for the Oil
Distribution Company was shot and wounded in the northern city of Mosul
in what seems to be the first assassination attempt on officials from an
Iraqi oil firm. Zibari's son was killed in the attack. Zibari told
Reuters, "Three people opened fire with AK-47s. My driver saw them and
so did my bodyguard," adding "Definitely foreign regime loyalists are
responsible for this. I have no personal enemies, no tribal or family
problems, and I'm not a member of any political party."
23. November 17 - blast 1.2 miles (2 km) east of the Bayji refinery, at
a pipeline taking fuel oil to the Daura refinery, in the southern suburb
of Baghdad. Resulting damage on the power supply line to the 300,000
barrels per day Bayji refinery, located 156 miles (250 km) north of
Baghdad, forced a 2 day electricity shutdown.
24. November 18 - explosion on oil pipeline in the region of Mashruh
al-Therthar, south-west of the city of Samarra. The feeds the Daura
refineries in Baghdad.
25. November 22 - Abdel Salam Qanbar, an Iraqi police colonel in charge
of security for oil installations in the northern city of Mosul was shot
and killed by unknown attackers in a vehicle.
26. November 22 - club inside the Iraqi Northern Oil Company compound in
Kirkuk, 150 miles (240 km) north of Baghdad, was hit during the night by
mortar shells wounding three foreign nationals.
27. November 23 - blast on a pipeline transporting gas from the Jambur
oil field to the Bayji refinery caused fire so huge its glow at night is
visible from Kirkuk, 19 miles (30 km) north of Jambur.
28. November 26 - oil pipeline linking oilfields in northern Iraq to the
Bayji refinery on fire near the village of Sharqat, about 30 miles (48
km) north of Bayji.
29. December 9 - explosion on a gas pipeline that runs from Kirkuk to a
bottled gas factory north of Baghdad.
30. December 10 - explosion at point 84 miles (135 km) west of Kirkuk on
oil pipeline linking the Bayji and Daura refineries.
Watch video
31. December 19 - blaze on a pipeline south of Baghdad causing
significant leakage.
32. December 20 - rocket-propelled grenades hit storage tanks in
southern Baghdad on Saturday; resulting fires burned about 2.6 million
gallons of gasoline.
33. December 20 - rocket-propelled grenades cause pipeline explosion in
the al-Mashahda area 15 miles (24 km) north of Baghdad.
34. December 21 - explosion on pipeline in the al-Mashahda region, 30
miles (50 km) north Baghdad.
35. December 21 - pumping station near Bayji refinery attacked with mortars.
36. December 22 - explosion at 3:30 pm (1230 GMT) in Riad about 28 miles
(45 km) west of Kirkuk, on fuel pipeline between Kirkuk's oilfields and
Iraq's biggest refinery in Bayji, parallel to the crucial pipeline
between Kirkuk and the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan.
37. December 22 - fire on pipeline supplying Bayji refinery with crude
from the oil fields of Kirkuk at point about 30 miles (50 km) northeast
of refinery.

2004
38. January 7 - explosion holes pipeline connecting oil fields to a
pumping station in the area around Hassiba, 85 miles (135 km) west of
Kirkuk, Northern Oil Company director general Adel Kazzaz said "The fuel
line was used for domestic market needs and filling up tankers that
export crude."
39. January 30 - explosion on pipeline carrying crude oil from Kirkuk to
Bayji refinery.
40. February 22 - explosion and fire on the Kirkuk-Baghdad-Basra
pipeline near Al-Hare, a small town west of Karbala, about 70 miles (110
km) south of Baghdad. This is reported to be the first attack against a
pipeline in southern Iraq since the ousting of Saddam Hussein.
41. February 26 - explosion apparently caused by homemade bomb thrown
under oil and gas pipes damaged part of an oil pipeline about 60 miles
(96 km) north of Baghdad.
42. March 2 - large explosion on oil pipeline near the northern city of
Kirkuk causing a huge fire but no casualties. The blast hit the main oil
line leading to the Bayji refinery 125 miles (200 km) north of Baghdad
igniting a huge fire police chief Turhan Yussef said. "The explosion
happened at 11.15am (0615 AEDT). An explosive device was placed under
the pipeline at Al-Riad, 21 miles (35 km) west of Kirkuk," he said.
43. March 10 - fire on an oil pipeline south of Baghdad, leading from
southern fields to the Daura refinery outside Baghdad. Firefighter Saleh
Jabbar said it appeared to be the result of sabotage.
44. March 12 - oil pipeline blown up west of Tikrit on Friday, resulting
in a fire on the line. The pipeline links northern oil fields in Kirkuk
with the Daura refinery on the edge of Baghdad.
45. March 24 - Northern Oil Company oil well in the Khabaz area, about
55 miles (88 km) west of Kirkuk, was bombed at night. The resulting fire
was extinguished late the following day. Gen. Mohammed Amin, the Iraqi
Civil Defense Corps chief in Kirkuk said the well was not being tapped
at the time of the blast nor was it closely guarded. "This is a
terrorist act. This is the first time an oil well has come under attack
in Kirkuk." Amin said.
46. March 25 - blast on a main oil well in northern Iraq that feeds
exports through Turkey. Adel Qazzaz, director-general of the Northern
Iraqi Company (NOC) said, "The explosion occurred at 3:30 pm (1230 GMT)
because of an explosive charge planted by unknown individuals inside the
well, located 47 miles (75 km) west of Kirkuk." He added, "It inflicted
massive damage in the well, and firefighters are having a hard time
extinguishing it because the explosion occurred inside the well and not
in the pipelines." Qazzaz said firemen would need two days to put out
the fire, and noted "the well is a principal producer for oil exports
through the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline and for covering local market demands."
47. March 26 - pipeline in the southern Basra oil facilities on fire,
said an official from Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization. Iraqi
guards on duty at Shuaiba, near the southern city of Basra, said
saboteurs ignited crude oil that leaked from the pipeline. A British
military spokesman disagreed with the report, saying "It was not the
result of an explosion. We understand that a pipeline valve failed and
fire broke out from the resultant spillage."
48. April 4 - attack on oil pipeline in southern Iraq which links Basra
with Faw port on the Persian Gulf. ruptured it and set the oil ablaze.
49. April 8 - mortar round hit natural gas tank and another hit a
pipeline at a plant north of Kirkuk operated by the Northern Iraqi
Company (NOC) Jumaa Ahmad, head of the fire fighting brigade, said.
50. April 21 - bombing on pipeline north of Baghdad.
51. April 24 - suicide bombers in three boats blew themselves up in and
around the Basra terminal zone, one of the most heavily guarded
facilities of its kind in the world.
52. May 8 - bomb 35 miles (56 km) south of Basra damaged an 18-foot
section of one of two pipelines running from Basra to the Faw peninsula
on the Gulf. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Spokesman Steve Wright said
oil exports from the Basra and Khor al-Amaya offshore southern
terminals, through which about 90% of Iraq's oil exports flow, were
stopped as a result: "Pumping has stopped. They attacked in the vicinity
where the manifold goes into the sea." According to Iraqi officials
exports were still flowing from Basra albeit at a reduced rate of 1.2
million barrels per day (bpd) compared with 1.6 million bpd prior to the
attack as oil from the damaged pipeline is flowing through the parallel
pipeline. Ali Nasr al-Rubaie, director of the main port terminal said
exports had been halved following the attack: "We have dropped from an
average of 80,000 barrels per hour to 40,000 barrels per hour."
53. May 8 - attack on oil pipeline taking crude northwards from the
country’s southern oilfields at point 25 miles (40 km) south of Baghdad,
oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said on Saturday, noting it would
take several days to start pumping oil again.
54. May 9 - blast near a strategic oil pipeline network linking north
and south Iraq, by the town of Musayyib, about 56 miles (90 km) south of
Baghdad. Unclear what caused the explosion or whether the pipeline
itself was damaged.
55. May 13 - rocket landed in a gas plant at the Daura oil refinery in
Baghdad, injured a worker and caused a fire.
56. May 24 - explosion badly damaged the Northern pipeline at around 7pm
local time on a section between the Kirkuk oilfields and the Dibis
pumping installations. A security official of Iraq's Northern Oil
Company, Juma Ahmad, said pumping had to be stopped to fight the fire.
Another security official for Northern Oil, Issam Muhammad, said while
the fire had been put out it would take 12 days to repair the damage.
57. May 26 - explosion on Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline near Kirkuk.
58. May 26 - explosion on southern pipeline through which oil flows to
the Persian Gulf.
59. June 6 - attack on Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline. Iraq's Northern Oil
Company (NOC) chief Ghazi Talabani said "Assailants detonated sound
grenades on the pipeline Sunday at dawn (local time), 120 km (75 miles)
east of Kirkuk, causing damage, and a loss of a huge quantity of oil."
He said "The oil loss has been stopped and a group of technical experts
are repairing the pipeline and the damage could be repaired by Tuesday
night. Restarting production depends on the decision of the coalition
and the oil ministry." NOC project manager Abdullah al-Rubai had earlier
denied the attack.
60. June 6 - explosion on oil pipeline that feeds the Basra terminal
near Basra on the Faw Peninsula's southern end. The blast slowed oil
flow from 80,000 barrels per hour to 40,000.
61. June 9 - blast on oil pipeline near Bayji 155 miles (250 km) north
of Baghdad cut supplies to the Bayji electric power station and
according to Iraq Oil Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad forced a reduction
of 400 megawatts, amounting to a 10% output cut on the national power grid.
62. June 9 - blast on Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline. Anwar Hamed Amin,
chief of Iraqi Civil Defence Corps, said "A bomb placed 80 km (50 miles)
west of Kirkuk exploded at 8:20am [local time] on the main pipeline to
the Ceyhan terminal."
63. June 15 - Explosion in the morning on a pipeline through which oil
flows from the Zubeir 1 pumping station to a depot in Faw, 40 miles
southeast of Basra.
64. June 15 - Another explosion, during the evening, on a southern
pipeline. Together with the attack on the pipeline to Basra, the attack
on this 48-inch pipeline through which oil flows to Khor al-Amaya port
cut oil exports from the south by over half according to the Iraqi
Southern Oil Company.
65. June 15 - ``An oil pipeline connecting the fields in Kirkuk and a
processing station in Bajwan, 20 km (12 miles) north of the city, was
sabotaged and a fire broke out,'' said Adel Kazaz, a North Oil Company
director. The pipeline supplied oil to domestic refineries.
66. June 16 - 42-inch Pipeline to Basra terminal, the key terminal from
which most of Iraq's 1.6 million bpd of Basra Light were exported,
attacked again. Iraqi Southern Oil Company's spokesman said: "Due to the
damage inflicted on the two pipelines, the pumping of oil to the Basra
oil terminal has completely stopped," adding that southern exports have
"come to halt." A Iraqi oil official reported "There are no exports from
Basra oil terminal or Khor al-Amaya and it is unclear when they will
restart," adding, "Both pipelines feeding the terminals have been
destroyed."
67. June 16 - Chief of security for Iraq's Northern Oil Company, Ghazi
Talabani, 70, was shot and killed in Kirkuk as he was being driven to
work. His driver was badly wounded. The assassins escaped.
68. June 21 - blast on pipeline transporting crude oil from the northern
town of Bayji to Daura refinery at point near al-Mashahidah, 20 miles
(32 km) north of Baghdad. The explosion interrupted supplies to the
refinery, that provides the domestic Iraqi market with gasoline,
kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas.
69. June 26 - explosion near Latifiyah, about 30 miles (48 km) south of
Baghdad, on small pipeline that feeds crude oil to storage tanks in
Latifiyah.
70. June 29 - another blast on pipeline near Latifiyah.
71. July 3 - Fire in Al-Maqalai, southeast of the Az-Zubayr oil fields,
on one of the two pipelines that feed the southern terminals resulted in
a drop by half of Iraqi oil exports to 960,000 barrels per day. Exports
in the South fell from 84,000 barrels per hour to 40,000. While one
Iraqi oil official said, "Fire is raging in the 42-inch pipeline on the
Faw Peninsula. It was sabotage," an official from the Southern Iraqi Oil
Company said "News that one of the key oil export pipeline in the Faw
peninsula was attacked by saboteurs are baseless."
72. July 3 - bomb blast during changing of the guard at an oil storage
facility south of Baghdad in Al Latifiyah killed six Iraqi National
Guard soldiers and wounded five more.
73. July 4 - attack on pipeline that carries oil from the northern oil
fields to the south at point near Musayyib, about 50 miles (80 km)
southwest of Baghdad.
74. July 6 - blast on gas pipeline that feeds multiple power plants in
the center and north of Iraq and a gas canister factory in Taji, north
of Baghdad, that provides gas for many homes. Head of the Northern Gas
Company, Huner Hassan, said "A device exploded along the pipeline about
90 km (56 miles) south of Kirkuk, sparking a fire." He noted "This is
going to affect electricity production for the country and the
production of gas for domestic use."
75. July 10 - explosion at approximately 6:30am local time about 55
miles (88 km) west of Kirkuk in the Safra area on a gas pipeline that
runs from the gas fields in Kirkuk to a power station in Bayji sparked a
fire on, according to the Northern Gas Co. head of security, Ahmed
al-Hassan, less than a meter of the pipeline.
76. July 14 - Northern Oil Company police officer was shot to death
while manning a checkpoint near a pipeline in Riyad, approximately 80 km
southwest of Kirkuk.
77. July 15 - explosion on pipeline running from the northern oil fields
to the Beiji refinery.
78. July 15 - holes were drilled on a major southern pipeline that runs
to offshore export terminals. The damage occured in the al-Askari
district, 20 km south-west of Basra, according to head of the Iraqi
Border Police, Staff Brigadier General Ali al-Mousawi. It appears this
may be the work of looters.
79. July 15 - explosion near Fatha, some 55 miles (90 km) west Kirkuk,
at about 8:40 a.m. (0440 GMT) on oil pipeline that runs from the major
oil fields in Kirkuk and the Turkish port Ceyhan. The resulting fire has
been extinguished and repairs on the pipeline are expected to begin July 17.
80. July 16 - attempted mortar attack on northern oil pipeline that runs
from Kirkuk to Ceyhan failed. According to a security official at the
Northern Oil Company, Ahmad Hassan Afif, "A mortar round was thrown at
about 8:10 am (0410 GMT) on the pipeline near to Riad, 35 kilometres
west of Kirkuk, causing a fire in a pool of oil created by leaks, but
failing to cause any other damage."
81. July 17 - attempt to blow up natural gas pipeline failed as
saboteur's bomb exploded prematurely, killing him but not damaging the
pipeline.
82. July 19 - explosion on oil pipeline that runs through al-Debis
region northwest of Kirkuk, supplying oil for domestic use in refineries
and power plants.
83-84. July 23 - two blasts on 125 mile (200 km) long oil pipeline that
runs from al-Daura refinery in Baghdad to Beiji, at point about 12 miles
(20 km) south of Samarra.
85. July 24 - explosion southwest of the town of Samarra, 60 miles (100
km) north of Baghdad, sparked a fire on pipeline that carries oil from
Beiji refinery to Baghdad.
86. July 24 - blast in the vicinity of Tharthar Lake, 100 miles (160 km)
southeast of Kirkuk, on oil pipeline that runs from the oil fields
around Kirkuk to Al-Dura power station, south of Baghdad.
87. July 28 - premature explodulation killed two saboteurs who tried to
place a bomb on an oil pipeline near Kirkuk. The pipeline was not damaged.
88. August 3 - explosion about 75 miles (120 km) west of Kirkuk at
Al-Fateha on critical pipeline juncture caused a huge fire and road
closure between the Beiji refineries and Kirkuk and halted exports
through the northern pipeline to Ceyhan.
89. August 5 - bomb on oil pipeline in Kirkuk area found by Northern Oil
Company security personnel exploded as Task Force Danger troops were
investigating it. No injuries.
90. August 5 - blast on the Kirkuk to Ceyhan oil pipeline sparked a fire
that was swiftly contained since oil flow was halted on the pipeline as
a result of the Aug. 3 attack.
91. August 5 - attack sparked fire on gas pipeline that feeds both the
Bayji power station and a propane factory in Taji 12 miles (20 km) north
of Baghdad. Northern Oil Company's gas division director, Honer Najib,
said "Firefighters are trying to contain the blaze but the sabotage is
going to effect the production of electricity in Iraq."
92. August 9 - attack halted oil flow on the major pipeline that feeds
the southern terminals, reducing exports from 1.9 mbd to the about 1
mbd, fed through the smaller 42-inch pipeline.
93. August 14 - attack on domestic oil pipeline near the town of
Mussayyib south of Baghdad sparked fire, and has caused shortages in the
domestic supply of gasoline.
94. August 15 - rocket-propelled grenades were fired on an oil well 25
miles (40 km) east of the southern town of Amarah setting it ablaze.
95. August 18 - Northern Iraqi oil company security officer was killed
and 2 others wounded 6 miles (10 km) from Kirkuk.
96. August 19 - attackers inflitrated the Basra headquarters of the
Iraqi Southern Oil Company setting a fire that obliterated warehouses
containing drilling equipment, among other items, spread to the firm's
offices, and cut electricity. "They came in droves, surrounded the
building and looted it before setting it on fire," said a company
official. Firefighters arriving at the compound were shot at and fled.
97. August 20 - attack apparently perpetuated by al-Sadr loyalists
sparked fire on pipeline through which oil flows from the Bezergan oil
field in the south to a refinery in Amarah, 180 miles (290 km) southeast
of Baghdad.
98. August 20 - explosion at 8:30am on domestic pipeline through which
oil flows from Kirkuk to Baiji refinery at point 19 miles (30 km) west
of Kirkuk.
99. August 21 - blast near pipeline valve at Berjisiya, 20 miles (32 km)
southwest of Basra, sparks fire on oil pipeline connecting the Rumeila
oilfields with export storage tanks in the Faw peninsula. Another bomb
was found nearby and defused. The pipeline was shut for a week due to
sabotage threats. Lt. Mohammed al-Mousawi of the Iraqi National Guard
explained "The aim behind attack is to damage the pipeline in case it is
turned on again."
100. August 25 - attack on the reversible Strategic Pipeline linking oil
fields in the north and south of Iraq sparked fire 19 miles (30 km) west
of Babylon.
101. August 25 - explosion at 7:00 am near Al Madhatiya in Aawazel area,
about 18 miles (30 km) south of Hilla, on gas pipeline which transports
gas from Basra to other southern towns set the pipeline ablaze.
102. August 25 - eight parallel pipelines that link the Rumaila
oilfields to the Zubayr 1 pumping station were hit in Berjasiya, 20
miles (32 km) southwest of Basra, when a bomb exploded under a bridge at
9:00pm and caused it to collapse, reducing exports from the south.
103. August 27 - attack on the 36 inch in diameter oil pipeline that
connects the South Rumaila oilfield to storage tanks at the Zubayr 1
station near Basra.
104. August 27 - attack on the 48 inch oil pipeline that connects the
North Rumaila field to storage tanks in the West Qorna oilfield.
105. August 27 - blast on oil pipeline that feeds the Daura refinery;
section on fire 19 miles (30 km) north of Baghdad.
106. August 27 - attack on oil pipeline in the West Qurna oilfield, 90
miles (144 km) north of Basra.
107. August 29 - blast on oil pipeline that links the Rumaila oilfields
with export storage tanks in the Faw peninsula in al-Radgha, 30 miles
(48 km) southwest of Basra.
108. August 30 - blast on internal oil pipeline in the southeast New
Baghdad district.
109. September 1 - explosion on Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline on section
between Kirkuk and Bayji at 6:30 pm near Riyadah 30 miles (50 km) south
of Kirkuk sparked a huge fire halting exports on the line.
110. September 4 - blast on 14-inch line carrying crude from the
Al-Khabaz field to the Bayji refinery.
111-112. September 4 - attack at 8:30am at Hartha, 19 miles (33kms)
north of Basra, on southern pipeline that supplies oil to the Hartha
electrical plant. Simultaneous attack on parallel pipeline that pumps
15,000 barrels of crude oil a day from oil fields near Nahr Omar to the
storage tanks at Zubayr 1.
113. September 6 - attack at point 12 miles (20 km) south of Kirkuk on
natural gas pipeline connecting the Janbur fields to the Bayji power
plant, which produces 400 megawatts a day and provides electricity to
northern Iraq, sparked fire.
114. September 6 - at 9:30am, a day after the fire on the Kirkuk-Ceyhan
pipeline was extinguished, attackers set fire to the leaking oil and
re-ignited it.
115. September 11 - at 3:15pm attackers damaged the 14 inch oil pipeline
that links a Kirkuk oilfield to the Havana refinery located 37 miles (60
km) from Kirkuk with fire from automatic weapons.
116. September 11 - gunfire attack at 3:30am near Hatin, 18 miles (30
km) north of Kirkuk, injured three Northern Oil Company security guards,
one of them seriously.
117. September 12 - gunfire attack at 1am 25 miles (40 km) northeast of
Kirkuk on security forces guarding the Dibis oil fields wounded three of
them.
118. September 12 - driveby gunfire injured two security officers on
patrol near the Jambouz oilfields 30 miles (42 km) west of Kirkuk.
119. September 13 - attack on oil pipeline in the Rumaila oilfield.
120. September 14 - 2am blast on junction where pipelines cross the
Tigris River, at point near the 676-MW Beiji power plant set ablaze
three oil pipelines, stopping the flow of oil from the Kirkuk oilfields
to Beiji refinery and to Ceyhan. The heat melted a 400-KV transmission
line that ran almost 300 ft above the area, causing a power loss of 750
MW within a second, which caused the country's 5,000 MW grid to short
circuit stopping electricity supply to all of Iraq. Just two days prior
Northern Oil Company engineers finished replacing critical valves
destroyed by an earlier attack.
121. September 16 - attack on oil pipeline near Baqouba that runs from
the Khanaqin oilfields to the Al Daura refinery.
122. September 18 - attempt to assassinate director of oil products for
the Northern Oil Company, Muhammad Zibari, by attackers with machine
guns and grenades who ambushed his convoy in Mosul missed him but
resulted in the death of eight people and injury of four.
123. September 23 - assassins shot and killed the deputy director of the
Northern Oil Company's oil product department, Sana Toma Sulaiman,
riding in a taxi in Mosul on his way to work.

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