Theft Attempt Halts Oil Flow in Iraq-Turkey Pipeline

The flow in an Iraqi pipeline carrying Kurdish and Kirkuk crude oil to Turkey's southern port of Ceyhan has been suspended after a theft attempt on the pipeline, energy officials and a shipping agent said on Monday.

The flow was expected to resume 'in a few hours', one energy official said. The oil flow was halted for about a week earlier this month when the pipeline was attacked by Kurdish militants.

(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk and Orhan Coskun)