The Oil Ministry has confirmed the blast on the pipeline just outside Beiji was caused by a bomb, not a mechanical issue as previously believed.
Northern oil exports have been shut in. The pipeline was flowing at around a half million barrels per day. It accounts for a fifth of Iraq's oil exports.
The announcement comes a day after two oil workers were kidnapped in separate locations Monday morning in Kirkuk.
No one has been arrested for either the kidnapping or pipeline blast, sour...
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