Egypt-Israel pipeline intact after blast

The Israeli flag is seen flying over the Western Wall and the golden cupola of the Dome of the Rock mosque, in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday Jan. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Disrupted: the flow of gas from Egypt to Israel after saboteurs blew up a metering station

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By News Wires

 07 February 2011 05:56 GMT

Ampal-American Israel Corporation said East Mediterranean Gas’ (EMG) pipeline from El-Arish, Egypt, to Ashkelon, Israel, is intact and was not damaged by an explosion at a gas metering station in Egypt.

Ampal, a holding company, has a 12.5% interest in EMG.

"The supply of gas to EMG, and therefore to EMG's Israeli clients, has been interrupted by a fire in a facility not related to EMG," Ampal said in a statement. "The gas supply to EMG is expected to resume within a week."

According to EMG, a metering station in a gas pipeline from Egypt to Jordan caught fire. The station is owned and operated by Egyptian gas transport company Gasco, which is a subsidiary of EGAS, the Egyptian national gas company and EMG's…

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