Yemen restarts Maarib oil pipeline

Under attack: A burnt out car seen nearby May's attack on a gas pipeline in Yemen's Shabwa region

Yemen's Maarib oil pipeline has resumed operations after a nine-month halt due to sabotage which left the poorest Arab country dependent on fuel donations.

Repairs to the country's main oil pipeline have been completed and crude started flowing again on Sunday night, the operator said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

"We are trying to fill the pipeline right now. We still have two to three more hours to start pumping to the floating vessel," the SAFER official said.

Oil from the Marib oilfield is pumped to a terminal on the coast and then carried by sub-sea pipeline to a large oil tanker, which has been converted into a floating oil storage and loading facility.

Before being shut due to attacks by tribesmen in 2011, the Maarib…

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