Saudi oil pipeline briefly set alight after shots fired at patrol
DUBAI, October 19, 2014
A "limited fire" broke out on a subsidiary oil pipeline in eastern Saudi Arabia after assailants fired shots at a security patrol, the state news agency SPA said.
An industry source told Reuters there was no impact on oil operations in the world's top crude exporter.
SPA, citing the spokesman for police in Eastern Province, said authorities were at the scene quickly and had put out the fire.
It said the incident happened when the patrol came under fire at the entrance of Awamiya in Qatif district.
The incident followed a similar one last month when a small fire broke out on a gas pipeline in the oil-rich Eastern Province. -- Reuters
