Military forces repel attacks on gas pipeline

Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas Company (LNG) confirmed that two attacks took place on Sunday targeting the gas pipeline linking the Marib Block 18 to the Balhaf LNG facilities located on the Gulf of Aden. The two attacks occurred at 1:50 pm and 2:10 pm, about 55km and 88km, respectively, north of Balhaf, according to a press release issued by LNG. "There were no Yemen LNG casualties and the attackers were successfully repelled by the Yemen military forces at both locations." The press release affirmed that the pipeline remains in operation and LNG production continues uninterrupted, adding that emergency procedures have been activated to monitor and control the situation. It finally said that security along the pipeline has been reinforced with additional Yemeni forces.