	south yemen plans oil export pipeline mees south yemen is planning a major oil pipeline system to be completed in months time to start exports at a initial rate of barrels per day bpd the middle east economic survey mees said mees said government approval for the export pipeline followed a visit to aden by a high ranking delegation from the soviet union which will help south yemen construct the line the engineering studies for the pipeline are nearly finished and construction is expected to start early next year the industry newsletter said the pipeline will run about kms miles from shabwa oilfields to a coastal terminal at bir ali on the gulf of aden mees said mees said the soviet firm technoexport which is developing oilfileds for south yemen has substantially increased its initial reserve estimates and recommended a pipeline with an eventual bpd capacity the discovery of commercial quaotities of oil was confirmed by technoexport earlier this year in three structures in the shabwa region in the northwestern part of the country kms east of north yemen s alif oilfield reuter 
