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2007-11-20 Arabia
Death Toll From Aramco Pipeline Blast Jumps to 38
The death toll from Sunday’s natural gas pipeline explosion in the Eastern Province rose to 38 as a special technical panel set up by Saudi Aramco continued its probe yesterday to determine the reason for the blast and the subsequent fire, informed sources said.

Dr. Abdul Mohsen Al-Mulhim, director of King Fahd Hospital in Hofouf, said his hospital received seven Pakistanis injured as a result of the explosion. They were carrying out maintenance work at the Haradh-Othmaniya gas pipeline, 30 km from Hawiyah Gas Plant. At least 60 people were injured in the accident.

Abdallah Jum’ah, CEO of Saudi Aramco, accompanied by a number of his aides, visited the site of the accident to know the reasons for the explosion. Most bodies could not be recognized and required DNA tests to identify them.

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King Fahd Hospital in Hofouf was reportedly holding 27 bodies and its mortuary was full. The remaining bodies were transferred to Safa Public Hospital. Saleh Al-Boushalaibi, who was a supervisor at Aramco (also a former captain of Al-Fatah Club), and Saad Al-Awad, a civil defense officer at the oil company, were among the dead.
Posted by Fred 2007-11-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [29 views ]  Top

#1 Presumably 'just' a tragic industrial accident (they happen), but .....

Interesting that they have not made the typical US statement of 'this was not a terrorist incident' before they can possibly have any idea.
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2007-11-20 08:12||   2007-11-20 08:12|| Front Page Top

#2 This was not out in the 'empty quarter' but rather at either a compressor station or processing facility. As it occurred during a welding operation - probably either a cut-in or cut-out - I go with poor inerting and ventilation of a un-purged section of the line. Having so many people around a transit section doesn't sound as feasible as having a larger crew around a facility of some kind with lots of valving, compressors, spools-a-plenty, etc.
Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back!  2007-11-20 09:46||   2007-11-20 09:46|| Front Page Top

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