March 27 oil pipeline bombing near Basra, IraqGlobal oil prices leaped up past $108/barrel after Iraqi insurgents bombed a pipeline near the southern export hub of Basra. Initial estimates said that the loss of the single pipeline might cut Basra’s exports by one-third.

The price of oil went down again when it became clear that the damage to the pipeline was not as extensive as first thought.

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