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Kazakh gas pipeline blown up
Part of a pipeline carrying natural gas from energy-rich Central Asia to Russia has been shut down after being damaged by an explosion, emergency officials in Kazakhstan said Wednesday. A 39-kilometer section of the Central Asia-Center pipeline in western Kazakhstan was closed off following the blast late Tuesday, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. Nobody was hurt in the blast, the ministry said in a statement. There was no word on the cause of the explosion or what effect it would have on supplies. The effect could be small because the pipeline system is extensive. In Moscow, officials at the state-owned Russian gas monopoly OAO Gazprom declined to comment. Moscow reached a deal with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in December to build a new natural gas pipeline along the Caspian Sea coast to Russia to supplement the existing route. Posted by: Fred 2008-07-17 |
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