By an OGJ correspondent
NICOSIA, Jan. 20 -- The Yemeni government said Sunday that it signed a deal with Calgary-based Nexen Inc. for monitoring systems, boats, and training for coast guards to help thwart future terrorist attacks on oil tankers using the Al Dhaba oil export terminal.
Al Dhaba was the site of the Oct. 6 terrorist attack on the Limburg supertanker, which killed one crewman, injured 12 others, and spilled more than 8,000 tonnes of crude oil into Yemeni waters (OGJ Online, Oct. 11, 2002).
The terminal, also run by Nexen, is on the Gulf of Aden near Al Mukalla, 500 miles southeast of Sanaa, the Yemeni capital.