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Yemen Probe into Repeated Attacks on Gas Pipeline, Officials
[Yemen Post] Yemen started on Monday investigations into repeated attacks on the natural gas pipeline which was shut down October 30 after a fresh bombing, officials at the oil and minerals ministry said.

The pipeline, which carries natural gas from Block 18 in Marib to the Balhaf Liquefaction Plant in Shabwa, stopped pumping after the latest attack in area based around 22 km from the upstream facilities on Block 18. The repairs are underway and are expected to be completed in a week.

Yemen LNG, which runs the pipeline, reported about 10 attacks on the 320-km in the two provinces in 2011 and 2012.

The Sherlocks have so far held meetings with commanders and units from the military brigades in charge with protecting the pipeline on repeated attacks, the officials said, but did not give any details.

When the Yemen LNG $4.5 billion LNG project was launched in 2009, Yemen LNG signed a contract with the defense ministry on funds given to the military units protecting the pipeline.

Since mass protests erupted against the former regime in early 2011, the country's oil pipelines have also suffered repeated acts of sabotage including the Marib-Ras Isa pipeline which was shut down from October 2011 to mid-July this year.

Tribal saboteurs and Al-Qaeda bully boyz have been blamed for the attacks on the country's oil and gas pipelines that officials have said cost the country billions of USD in lost revenues.


Posted by: Fred 2012-11-06
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