The attack took place in mid night near Mosul city, the center of Nineveh province (about 402 km north of Baghdad).

“Repairing will take 72 hours in the absence of any other security problems,” Officials in Iraq's North Oil Company said in statements to Reuters, briefed by “Shafaq News”.

Since 21 of June, the pipeline didn’t work but for a few days due to a leakage as it is often exposed to attacks by militants linked to al-Qaeda.

Stop of supplies across the line caused a decline in the country's exports over the past two months.