“The fire broke out at night. At the Gazprom dobycha Urengoy section between gas fields No. 7 and No. 8, a 1,400 mm pipe broke,” the report says.
Attached is a video filmed from the place where the gas transmission equipment works.
The company later confirmed the information.Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy.
“There was a depressurization at the Urengoyskoye field with a fire in the second line of the gas collector. There were no casualties. The incident did not affect the fulfillment of planned gas production targets,” the publication quotes the company’s statement. “Pravda UrFO”.
The fire, according to the press service, was eliminated at night, production facilities were put into operation around 2.50.
The Urengoy gas field is the third largest in the world in terms of gas reserves, exceeding 10 trillion m³.
When a fire broke out at the Gazprom gas chemical complex in Novy Urengoy in August 2021, the Russian monopolist had to cut gas supplies through the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline, the Telegram channel recalled.
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