Transportation
Officials say that two workers were killed by a pipeline explosion at the Zubair oilfield in Iraq.
Officials from the Zubair oilfield in Iraq said that at least two workers died in an explosion of a pipeline in the oilfield on Sunday. They said there was no impact on the oil flow, as throughput is currently at 400,000 barges per day. Officials said that the fire, which caused five serious injuries, started when a group was welding near the pipeline. Firefighters worked to put out the fire that broke out in a section on the pipeline transporting crude oil from Zubair to storage tanks nearby. Officials said that some of the injured workers had severe burns, and...
