Iraq faces fuel crisis amid the violence

"Iraqi officials announced plans to double the amount of money spent to import fuel to combat the country's worst oil and gasoline shortages in years. Much of the fuel crisis is due to insurgent attacks on convoys and on Iraq's fragile pipeline network, Oil Ministry officials said."
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Iraq's three main oil refineries -- Dora, Beiji and Shuaiba -- are working at half capacity, processing only 350,000 barrels per day compared to 700,000 barrels a day before the war.