Venezuelan Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami, responding to a natural gas pipeline fire in the eastern state of Monagas, called the incident "a new attack" on the gas system. In comments on Twitter, El Aissami attributed the fire to unidentified terrorist groups, saying "It's the same terrorist groups as always, who have acted against the national interest to affect the life of our people." The pipeline feeds gas to the Jose Antonio Anzoategui petrochemical complex near the city of Barcelona. Industry sources told Reuters the fire and shortage of gas were affecting operations at the plant.
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