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Breaking: Gas Pipe Explosion in Austria

posted by janrinok on Tuesday December 12 2017, @03:50PM   Printer-friendly
from the too-big-to-fail dept.

pkrasimirov writes:

Explosion in Baumgarten (Austria) gas transit plant, russian gas delivery halted for Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia. Italy declares energy crisis. Gas price in Europe jumps ~20%. Crude oil futures rise too.

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMyiQtm56co (far away video)
* http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/12/least-one-killed-18-injured-explosion-austrian-gas-plant/
* https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/891284/Austria-gas-plant-blast-Europe-energy-crisis-fuel-shortages-Italy-state-emergency
* https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-12/u-k-gas-surges-after-explosion-in-austria-tightens-supply

UPDATE from: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42321217

Police have cordoned off the area. Some victims suffering burns have been airlifted out by helicopter, Austrian ORF news reports.

One unconfirmed report spoke of 60 hurt.

"I heard a huge explosion and thought at first it was a plane crash," photographer Thomas Hulik, who lives in a nearby village in Slovakia, told AFP news agency. "Then I saw an immense ball of flame."

Gas Connect said the incident should have no effect on gas deliveries to Austria but those to Italy and Croatia might be reduced.

Meanwhile, Russia's Gazprom Export said it was working to redirect gas flows.

It said it was "doing everything possible to secure uninterrupted gas supplies" to customers in the region.

Spot prices rose sharply across Europe after the incident.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday December 13 2017, @02:57PM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Wednesday December 13 2017, @02:57PM (#609222) Homepage
    > First, it rips a chunk right out of the middle of Georgia. This is horrible from a security perspective, and of course taking the long way around is costly.

    Kaliningrad being proof that horrible and costly doesn't need to mean incendiary. The baltic states get buzzed by Russian jets (without transponders) going between Kaliningrad and Mother Russia all the time. That's fine - it's just unpredictable scrambling drill, like random drug testing for athletes - it keeps us on our toes. Never a real threat though. I imagine /Top Gun/ like scenes play out frequently...
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