Bomb blast shuts Pakistani gas pipeline

An 18-in. gas transmission pipeline burst 12 km from Sui gas field in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan Province Aug. 8 in an apparent bombing (see map, Dec. 5, 2005, p.22).

Aug. 10, 2006

By an OGJ correspondent
KARACHI, Aug. 10 -- An 18-in. gas transmission pipeline burst 12 km from Sui gas field in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan Province Aug. 8 in an apparent bombing (see map, Dec. 5, 2005, p.22).

The line carries 110 MMcfd of gas from Sui Southern Gas Co. Ltd.'s franchise areas in Sindh and Balochistan provinces. The company stopped flow soon after the blast.

The Pakistan army was summoned to provide security during repair work, which was expected to take 2 days.