By Alex Devine
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- An explosion late yesterday stopped supplies through an oil pipeline connecting southern Turkey with Iraq, Reuters reported, citing state-run Anatolian news agency.
Botas, the state-run pipeline company, turned off valves on the pipeline after a loss of pressure following the blast in the province of Sanliurfa in southeastern Turkey, the report said. Botas officials were at the site of the explosion, which left a 4 meter (13 foot) crater, Reuters said. The cause isn't known.
The pipeline connects the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk with the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan in Turkey, Reuters said.
Separatist rebels in the mainly Kurdish region claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in August, the report said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Alex Devine in Tokyo adevine3@bloomberg.net.
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