VOL. XXXII

NO. 1

10-OCTOBER-1988

SOUTH YEMEN

Export Pipeline Construction Underway

MEES learns that construction will start this month on the 190-km. crude oilexport pipeline linking the Shabwa oilfields in the western part of thecountry to Bir 'Ali, which is located some 100 kms. west of Mukalla on the Gulfof Aden. Work on the 20-inch pipeline is expected to be completed in late1989/early 1990 (not early 1989 as was reported earlier MEES, 4 April) with aninitial throughput of around 50,000 b/d of...