By Mohammed al-Kibsi
Gas pipe line that supplies gas to Belhaf plant was blasted by some Islamists militants in Shabwa province on, said a security source on Saturday.
Yemen LNG liquefied natural gas exporter, said production was halted after an attack on a gas pipeline.
“The explosion on a line transporting fuel from a field to the Belhaf processing plant occurred 12:30 a.m. on Saturday and caused no victims, Yemen LNG said in a statement received by e- mail. “The production has stopped but the loss of production is expected to be limited as the LNG plant was due to shut down on Oct. 23 for annual maintenance,” it said.
Seven suspected al-Qaeda insurgents were killed in air strikes in the southern province of Shabwah, on Friday night Yemen’s defense ministry reported on its website. Ibrahim al-Banaa, an Egyptian national who is a media officer for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was killed by the bombing, the ministry said.
It is reported that Anwar al-Awlaki’s son was also killed in the air raid.
Earlier a security source said that al-Banna and six other al-Qaeda insurgents were killed in an operation launched by the security forces.
Hours after killing al-Banna, insurgents attacked a pipeline in the area, said local residents.
Total SA owns about 40 percent of the Yemen LNG venture and is the project leader as well as a buyer of the fuel. The company is Yemen’s biggest foreign investor. Korea Gas Corp., which has agreed to buy 2 million tons a year of LNG from Yemen, owns 6 percent of Yemen LNG. GDF Suez SA also has a long-term supply contract with the plant.
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