DAMAGED POL FACILITY BEIRA PETROLEUM PRODUCTION STORAGE AND PUMPING STATION GROUP, MOZAMBIQUE

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100070011-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 17, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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DAMAGED POL FACILITY
BEIRA PETROLEUM PRODUCTION STORAGE AND
PUMPING STATION GROUP. MOZAMBIQUE
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE STORAGE TANKS, POL
LINES, AND SEVERAL BUILDINGS IS EVIDENT.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: BEIRA PETROLEUM PRODUCTION STORAGE AND PUMPING
STATION GROUP HAS BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED
AT LEAST 25 STORAGE TANKS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, AND FIVE TANKS
HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY EXPLOSION AND FIRE. THREE OF THE STORAGE
TANKS ARE STILL SMOLDERING. POL LINES HAVE BEEN HEAVILY
DAMAGED IN THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE
FACILITY. ONE BUILDING HAS ALSO BEEN DESTROYED, AND TWO OTHER
BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE
FACILITY. CLEANUP-ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE IN PROGRESS. A
BULLDOZER AND POSSIBLE NEW PIPE SECTIONS ARE AT THE SOUTH END
OF THE FACILITY, AND SEVERAL TRUCKS AND VEHICLES ARE IN THE
CENTRAL PART OF THE FACILITY.
(SWN I COLLATERAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE DAMAGE TO 25X1
THE POL FACILITY WAS INFLICTED DURING A RAID BY NATIONAL
RESISTANCE MOVEMENT FORCES ON 9 DECEMBER 1982 (DIA DIN 3483A,
(SWN) THE DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE CONFINED TO THE STORAGE AREA,
AND NO BOMB CRATERS ARE EVIDENT IN THE FACILITY OR IN ANY OF
THE NEARBY AREAS. NO DAMAGE IS OBSERVED AT BEIRA PORT
FACILITIES WHICH APPEARS TO BE OPERATIONAL; 25X1
HOWEVER, ONLY ONE LARGE MERCHANT SHIP IS PRESENT.
COORDINATES 19-48-20S 034-50-40E 25X1
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