Thursday, June 16, 2022

Days After Fire Shuts Down Texas Freeport LNG Export Plant, Huge Blaze Engulfs Russia’s Largest Gas Field

 

Daily Mail: Huge fire breaks out at Russia's largest gas field as pipe bursts, threatening supplies to Europe 

* Fire broke out at 2.30am after pipe in Russia's giant Urengoyskoye gas field burst 

* Plume of flame filmed shooting into the sky before blaze was put out around 4am 

* The Urengoyskoye gas field supplies Europe via the Yamal-Europe pipeline 

* Blaze will spark fears of supply interruptions and price hikes amid energy crisis 

Russia's largest gas field is ablaze after a pipe burst early Thursday, sending a huge plume of flames soaring into the sky. 

Energy giant Gazprom said the blaze broke out around 2.30am at the Urengoyskoye gas field in the Yamalo-Nenets region of Siberia. Urengoyskoye is the world's largest active gas deposit with supplies mainly destined for Europe via the Yamal-Europe pipeline.  

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Update #1: Russia's Largest Gas Field On Fire After Pipe Bursts (OilPrice.com)  

Update #2: Russia's biggest natural gas field is ablaze (The Barents Observer)  

WNU Editor: Just days after the largest US LNG export plant is shut down for the next few months because of a fire .... Global Gas Supplies Worsen After Fire Shuts Down Freeport LNG Export Plant. Will Remain Shut Down Until The End Of the Year (June 14, 2022), we now have a major natural gas pipeline fire at Russia's largest natural gas field. I have no evidence, but the timing and coincidence of both events makes me wonder if Russia and the US are now waging cyber-war, and they are targeting each other's critical infrastructure.

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