Saudi Aramco Statement – Fire Incident
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Author: Saudi Aramco
Released 18 November 2007
On Sunday, Nov 18 at about 00:25 am, a fire occurred on the Saudi Aramco Haradh-Uthmaniyah gas pipeline, 30 km away from Hawiyah Gas Plant, where maintenance work for new tie-ins was being conducted. We regret to announce that this incident has caused a number of deaths and injuries.
Emergency Response teams were immediately mobilized, affected lines have been isolated and fire has been brought under control. Necessary operational adjustments have been made to the gas system to normalize operations to ensure continuity of fuel supply.