Friday, April 10, 2009

Gazprom has denied the charges in the Turkmen gas pipeline explosion.

Continuing: The message on the answer Gazprom's the accusations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan revoked
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has called the charges baseless, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan in creating the conditions for an explosion at gas pipeline Central Asia-Center (CAC), reported RIA Novosti.
Vice-President, "Daughter" of Gazprom "company" Gazexport Ilya Kochevrin stated that the Russian side as soon as Turkmenistan to reduce the volume of gas in the pipeline, where the incident occurred April 9.
Yesterday Gazpromeksport reported in the cable to reduce the volume and the proposed reduction scheme. We do not understand why they have been used by other schemes, and not proposed by us, "- he said.
Kochevrin stressed that the actions the company could not provide a cause of the explosion.
Previously, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan issued a statement in which the accused "Gazexport that on April 8, the company without prior notification to dramatically reduce the volume of selected Turkmen natural gas pipeline from the CAC. In the view of Ashgabat, increased because of the load on the network has led to an explosion.
Moreover, Turkmenistan has accused Russia of grave breaches of the contract of sale of gas.
The explosion at the CAC pipeline, which is located on the border with Uzbekistan, occurred on the night of April 9. After that, the supply of Turkmen gas to Russia ceased.

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