U.S. Asks Israel about Reopening Iraqi Oil Pipeline

(WorldNetDaily) Joseph Farah - A senior Pentagon official asked a top Israeli Foreign Ministry official in Jerusalem last week to report on the feasibility of pumping oil from the Kirkuk wells to the refineries in Haifa, including a request for a cost estimate for repairing the old Mosul-Haifa pipeline. According to the National Infrastructure Ministry, construction of a 42-inch diameter pipeline between Kirkuk and Haifa would cost about $400,000 per kilometer; the old pipeline was only 8 inches in diameter.


2004-02-12 00:00:00

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