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| Saboteurs blow up Yemen oil pipeline |
| 2013-03-07 |
| SANAA — Saboteurs blew up an oil pipeline that runs from Yemen’s eastern Marib province to its west coast, the defence ministry announced on Wednesday. “Subversive elements blew up the pipeline at 93 kilometre in the Sarwah region” between Sanaa and Marib, said a statement on the ministry’s news website 26sep.net. The attack caused “a large fire” in the pipeline, it said, without mentioning whether crude exports had been interrupted. In December, the army launched an offensive against tribesmen suspected of repeatedly sabotaging the pipeline, sparking clashes which left 17 people dead. According to official figures, lost production due to pipeline attacks in the east cost the government more than $1 billion in 2012, while oil exports fell by 4.5 per cent. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Interestingly, blowing up a pipelines and sabotaging approval for construction of new pipelines both appear to have similar economic outcomes. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-07 03:47 |