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One person killed, three injured in oil pipeline leak E. Saudi Arabia - Aramco

RIYADH, Feb 18 (KUNA) -- One person was killed and three injured in an oil leak in one of Saudi Arabian Oil Company's, Aramco, pipelines in the eastern city of Buqaiq on Saturday, Aramco said in a statement.
The company said the "limited" oil leak caused the death of one contractor and injury of three persons, one was an Aramco employee.
The injured were rushed to hospital. Two were discharged and the third still in hospital "but his condition is stable," it said.
The emergency teams succeeded in controlling the oil leak, it added, and that an investigation was underway to know the causes of the incident. (end) od.bs