Central Asian Gas Pipeline Flow Interrupted

verfasst von Bob, 24.12.2003, 13:21

-->Central Asian Gas Pipeline Flow Interrupted
Wednesday December 24, 2:49 am ET


ALMATY, Kazakhstan -(Dow Jones)- The Kazakh stretch of the Central Asia-Center gas pipeline, which transports natural gas from Turkmenistan to Russia and Ukraine via Kazakhstan, has suspended operations because of serious damage sustained late Tuesday, the Agency of Emergency Situations said Wednesday.
A rupture and fire on the pipeline occurred 12 kilometers from the city of Zhangala in the north-west of Kazakhstan near the Russian border, the agency said.

It didn't disclose the cause of the incident and said there were no casualties.

The fire has been extinguished and repair works have started, the agency said.

The Central Asia-Center pipeline transports around 40 billion-45 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Ukraine and Russia a year.

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