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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9422
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy

Explosion of gas pipeline in Ukraine will not affect EU supplies of Russian gas

Brussels, 08/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, an explosion near the village of Louka (Ukraine) destroyed a thirty-metre section of the gas pipeline linking Urengoy (Russia) and Uzhgorod (on the Slovakian border) via Pomery. It is, however, unlikely to have any effect on supplies of Russian gas to the EU, which transit through Ukraine, Ferran Tarradellas, spokesman for Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said on Monday. “We have received guarantees from the Ukrainian authorities that...

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