The gas pipeline feeding Yemen’s only LNG export terminal was blown up again early on Sunday, Yemen LNG said in a statement.
“ The sabotage occurred at 00.35 hrs on 16th December, 2012 at 173 km north of Balhaf, ” the company said.
The 320km pipeline has been attacked several times this year by suspected al-Qaida-linked gunmen.
It transports around 1.14 billion cubic feet/day from Block 18 in Marib province in northern Yemen to the Total-operated export terminal at Balhaf.
The Yemen LNG project has three long-term contracts to supply LNG to GDF Suez, Kogas and Total Gas & Power for a total of 6.7 Mtpa.
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LNG World News Staff, December 16, 2012; Image: Yemen LNG