Egyptian Gas Pipeline to Israel Blasted for 13th Time

[ 06/03/2012 - 10:38 AM ]

CAIRO, (PIC)--

Unknown people blasted a section of the Egyptian pipeline exporting natural gas to Israel and Jordan on Monday evening in the 13th such incident in less than a year.

Security sources said that the explosion occurred near to the previous one in Abu Tabel area, adding that the flames were rising 50 meters in the sky.

Security and civil defense brigades along with Gasco company teams rushed to the area to control the blaze.

The 12th blast took place on 5/2/2012 and the company resumed pumping gas to Israel and Jordan only a few days ago after fixing the damage.

Egypt tightens security in and around gas export facilities in Sinai

[ 05/03/2012 - 05:32 PM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)--

The Egyptian authorities have tightened security measures in and around gas export facilities in northern Sinai Peninsula to ward off future threats.

Hebrew radio reported on Monday that repair of those facilities has been completed and resuming exports to each of Jordan and Israel was pending green light of security apparatuses that they are well protected and secured.

The broadcast recalled that the gas pipeline was the target of a bomb attack for the 12th time, early last month, in almost one year.

It quoted an unnamed source in the Egyptian ministry of petroleum as saying that security and political officials have affirmed that the facility was well protected against future attacks.

The Egyptian official said that his country would live up to international commitments and would exert all efforts to reduce material losses as a result of the repeated stoppage of gas exports due to those explosions.

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