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KOC declares minor oil leakage |
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Sunday, 10 January 2010 22:41 |
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Kuwait Oil Company stopped oil leakage in a pipeline of Al-Ahmadi oil field of the large Burgan field, without affecting the output of crude.
Hashem Hashem, the deputy managing director (of the south and east of Kuwait) of the KOC, said in a statement to KUNA that the leakage started at 10: 00 a.m. (Kuwait local time). The damage occurred in the pipeline of the well, AH3, linked up with the gathering center 20, located 300 meters north of the seventh ring road. The leakage was halted rapidly, he affirmed. Personnel are measuring volume of the leaked oil, Hashem said, adding that investigations would be conducted to determine causes of the leakage that had lasted no more than one hour. - Kuna
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