The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation announced the display of a 12-inch diameter butane gas transmission line connection “Mostorod – High Step” Oil pipelines for breaking In the city of Khanka, near the gates of the Cairo-Belbeis Desert Road, as a result of being hit by loaders belonging to the residents while working at night without prior permits, which resulted in the line igniting in this part, pointing out that the line that was subjected to the loader collision and breakage accident is a transport line for the butane product and not natural gas.
The Ministry explained that emergency measures were taken immediately to deal with the situation, and work teams isolated the line and feed valves and covered a 7-km-long link. Work is underway to filter the product from that link to control The leadership of the Ministry and the Petroleum Authority also moved to the site of the ignition of the line to follow up on the procedures for controlling it and quickly directing it to provide any additional requirements required to deal with the accident.
She added that the Petroleum Authority had provided a source An alternative to the butane supply to Cairo is through the Suez – Katameya butane gas line, whereby the butane gas is distributed to all regions of the Republic naturally through the network lines extending in all the governorates. Technical means have also been provided to deal with the situation, such as a nitrogen vehicle equipped for insulation through Petrojet, and payment is made with a difference. Repairing the line and repair equipment to begin as soon as the line has cooled and the situation is fully under control.
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