Blast halts Yemen's Maarib oil pipeline

Ablaze: Explosion caused 'large fire' on Maarib pipeline, says ministry

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Bill Lehane

 06 March 2013 09:33 GMT

Yemen’s key oil pipeline has again come under attack in a blast blamed on sabotage that has halted crude flows.

A government ministry statement said that "subversive elements blew up the pipeline at kilometre 93 in the Sarwah region" between Sanaa and Marib.  

The attack caused "a large fire" in the pipeline, the ministry said in a statement cited by Agence France Presse.

Flows were halted from the eastern Maarib province’s Maarib fields to the Ras Isa oil terminal on the Red Sea, according to Reuters. Repair teams have been mobilised to the area to fix the pipeline, the wire service said.

The pipeline aims to carry around 110,000 barrels per day of Marib light crude to Ras Isa, where it…

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