Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 40

3-October-2005

IRAN

Pipeline Blaze Under Investigation By Petroleum Ministry

Iranian Ministry of Petroleum officials were last week investigating the cause of a products pipeline blaze in the village of Marvouk, Lorestan province, which killed four people. The pipeline ruptured on 24 September, and the resulting fire destroyed around 70 nearby homes. Iranian media reports suggested the age and condition of the pipeline might have been behind the leak,...