Several dead in Saudi gas pipeline blaze
Monday, 19 November 2007
RIYADH, Nov 18 (AFP): Several people were killed and wounded when a fire broke out on a gas pipeline in an oil-rich desert area of Saudi Arabia on Sunday, state oil conglomerate Saudi Aramco said.
The blaze erupted on the Haradh-Uthmaniyah gas pipeline, 30 kilometres (18 miles) from a major gas processing plant at Hawiyah, as maintenance work was being carried out, a statement from Aramco said.
The fire, which broke out at 00:25 am (2125 GMT Saturday), "caused a number of deaths and injuries" and was later brought under control, said Aramco, which runs the oil and gas operations of the world's top crude producer.
The blaze erupted on the Haradh-Uthmaniyah gas pipeline, 30 kilometres (18 miles) from a major gas processing plant at Hawiyah, as maintenance work was being carried out, a statement from Aramco said.
The fire, which broke out at 00:25 am (2125 GMT Saturday), "caused a number of deaths and injuries" and was later brought under control, said Aramco, which runs the oil and gas operations of the world's top crude producer.