1 dead, 3 hurt in Saudi oil pipeline leak

Saudi Aramco emergency squads control a limited oil leak on a pipeline in Abgaig

ABGAIG

Emergency Response Squads of the Saudi Aramco Oil Company have successfully managed to control a limited oil leak in a pipeline at the company’s operation in the vicinity of Abgaig, north eastern Saudi Arabia, it has been reported .

According to the Saudi Press Agency, SPA, the company said that one officer, belonging to a contracting company, was killed in the incident, and three others were injured. One, an Aramco official, was hospitalised in a stable condition, while the other two were discharged after receiving treatment.

The Emergency Response Squad continued securing the site while the company opened an investigation into the incident.

— Wam