VOL. XXXI 

NO. 4 

2-NOVEMBER-1987

SAUDI ARABIA

Aramco Output Unaffected by Safaniyah Pipeline Accident 

A small supply boat "Tadrib Express" on 28 October accidentally hit a crude oil pipeline some 13 kms. northeast of the Safaniyah pier on the Saudi coast and started a fire which was put out on the same day. The pipeline serves the giant offshore Safaniyah oilfield which produces Arabian Heavy crude. According to a statement by a Saudi oil official on 29...