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Yemen Gives Elders Till Monday to Enable Teams to Fix Marib Pipeline
 [Yemen Post] The Yemeni authorities gave tribes in Marib province till 9:00 am Monday to negotiate with the saboteurs who bombed the Marib oil pipeline to enable the teams to repair the pipeline, Alsahwa net reported on Sunday. Marib governor chaired a meeting that gathered tribal elders from the Wadi Abida district and military commanders, and at the meeting, the attendants agreed to give the tribal elders in the district till tomorrow to allow the teams fix the damages to the pipeline, preventing more attacks on it and to remove all road closures and security disorder. The 272-mile pipeline has been attacked four times in Marib province this month and pumping was halted after the first successive attacks in the Wadi Abida district. After the attacks, rustics closed roads and have prevented the authorities from fixing the damages. On Saturday, the state-owned SEPOC warned of a possible fuel crisis in the coming period if the pipeline continues to be down. The Marib pipeline carries about 110.000 b/d from Marib and Shabwa provinces o the Ras Isa terminal in Hodeida. The crude is transported on the Safer Tanker to the Aden refinery. Part of the crude processed at the refinery is locally consumed. Posted by: Fred 2012-11-26 |
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