The oil pipeline was blown up in Iraq

In Iraq, an oil pipeline was blown up, according to which oil comes from the Kirkuk district to the oil refinery in the city of Baijing (200 km north of Baghdad). The explosion occurred early on Saturday morning, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Arab TV channel Al-Jazeera.

The reasons for the incident are still unknown. This is not the first case of damage to oil pipelines in Iraq after the power in the country passed into the hands of coalition forces. Iraq - the second, after Saudi Arabia, the country in the world in oil reserves.