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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | July 2007 
Mexico's Pemex Restores Key Pipeline Damaged in Blast
 Associated Press
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| | A soldier stands guard outside at PEMEX plant in Mexico's state of Tabasco, July 11, 2007. Extra soldiers and federal police were deployed to guard Mexican oil wells and pipelines on Wednesday after a rebel group said it caused explosions at fuel pipelines as part of an anti-government campaign. (Reuters/Odaliz Anaya) |
Mexico City — Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said Friday that a key natural gas pipeline attacked by rebels has been restored.
The 36-inch pipeline that runs between Mexico City and Guadalajara and feeds four industry-rich states in western Mexico would be fully functional by late Friday or early Saturday, Pemex said in a news release.
"The private companies that distribute the gas to those states are working expeditiously to renew service without any restrictions to home and industrial clients," it said.
The supply of natural gas to the states of Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Michoacan and Guanajuato will be "totally normalized in the coming hours," said the statement released late Friday.
Service was suspended Tuesday after several blasts damaged different sections of the pipeline.
The EPR, a small, left-wing guerrilla group claimed responsibility for the explosions and vowed to continue the attacks.
At least a dozen major companies including Honda Motor Co., Kellogg Co., The Hershey Co., Nissan Motor Co., and Grupo Modelo SA, Mexico's largest beer maker, were forced to suspend or scale back operations because of the lack of natural gas. |
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