Gazprom: the accident did not lead to a disruption of gas supplies to the European Union
Pumping gas from Russia to Europe via Ukraine goes smoothly, Despite the accident on the gas pipeline in the Poltava region, Gazprom informs.
" Despite the accident, the Transit through Ukraine goes smoothly - presumably 185 million cubic meters per day ", - is informed in the report of the organization on Twitter at Twitter.
" This is not the only accident at the gas system of Ukraine, maybe they will. The pipeline should be supported in an efficient condition. The pipe is aging and in some time happen breaks, " said reporters Deputy Chairman of " Gazprom " Vitaly Markelov.
first of civil service of Ukraine for emergency situations said the Explosion on the gas pipeline Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod, Poltava oblast, on Tuesday was the result of seal failure, because of what happened leak and ignition of the gas. Emergency teams have blocked the damaged section of the pipeline, the flow of gas was transferred to the parallel gas pipeline. Explosion on a gas pipeline that does not affect the volume of gas transit to the European Union, told in an organization " Ukrtransgaz ".
The Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine, first reported that considering several versions of the incident, and among them a terrorist act. A case of damage or destruction of the main gas pipeline.
" Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod " - the Russian-Ukrainian export gas pipeline. Connects gas fields in the North of Western Siberia with the end users in the European Union.