Venezuela gasoline pipeline damaged in explosion; PDVSA blames “sabotage”

Venezuela gasoline pipeline damaged in explosion; PDVSA blames “sabotage”

Photo: Iván Alvarado – Reuters

 

Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA on Wednesday blamed an explosion along a major gasoline pipeline on “criminal sabotage”, adding that the line would be repaired swiftly.

By Reuters – Deisu Buitrago and Vivian Sequera

Jan 12, 2022

Authorities in Venezuela’s eastern Anzoátegui state reported the blast late on Tuesday. It was presumably caused by “attempts to perforate the pipeline,” state governor Luis Jose Marcano said on Twitter.





PDVSA said the pipeline distributes gasoline throughout Venezuela’s eastern states, adding that it had deployed all available teams to repair the breach and prevent service disruptions.

There was no immediate confirmation of who was responsible for the blast or whether it caused casualties

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