Pipeline attack to cut Yemen LNG cargoes

Limited effect: due to the scheduling of annual maintenance Yemen LNG is only expected to cut cargoes from Balhaf by four following last week's pipeline attack

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 02 April 2012 04:32 GMT

The closure of the Yemen liquefied natural gas terminal, after its feed pipeline was blown up last week, is expected to cut its super-cooled gas exports by about four cargoes.

Gunmen blew up the 38 inch gas pipeline that links Yemen's Block 18 to the LNG terminal at Balhaf on the Gulf of Aden in retaliation for a US drone attack that killed at least five suspected Al-Qaeda militants hours earlier, Reuters reported.

"Yemen LNG confirms the sabotage," Yemen LNG, which is run by France's Total, said in a statement late on Friday.

"Production has stopped but the loss of production is expected to be limited to four cargoes as the LNG plant was due to shutdown on April 15 for annual maintenance."

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