BTC oil pipeline blast in Turkey halts flow: agency

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – An explosion on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline on Tuesday night in eastern Turkey prompted authorities to halt the flow of oil along the pipeline, state-run news agency Anatolian reported on Wednesday.

The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. A local official said he did not think it was sabotage.

An explosion on a pipeline between Turkey and Iran halted gas exports along the line for five days in March. Responsibility for the blast was claimed by the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrilla group.

Reuters