Iraq's Southern Oil Company shall continue to transport oil through the pipeline that was blasted through other pipelines in order to secure exports.

Mr Assem Jihad official spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry said that the repair process of the affected pipeline will take about one week. Iraq's oil exports will not be affected by the explosion that took place against an oil exporting pipeline because the Oil Ministry possesses storage enough to secure oil exports in a usual manner."

Mr Jihad said that the oil pipeline carrying crude between southern Iraq's Rumeila Oil Field and the Zubeir Storage 1 had been target for an attack at 09:00 PM. Local time Tuesday night in a subversive act that blew up the pipeline whilst the Ministry had managed to extinguish the fire that broke out in the pipeline after the attack.

(Sourced from Aswat Aliraq)