A strong explosion occurred on Sunday, January 17, 2010 at the section of Mozdok-Transcaucasia gas main in Ingushetia, lifenews.ru reported.
According to preliminary data, unknown criminals laid a blasting assembly under the pipe. A week ago, gas pipeline in Dagestan was blown up similarly.
Gas supplies to Georgia and Armenia will be suspended during reconstruction period.
As Shushan Sardaryan, a spokesperson for ArmRosGazprom, told PanARMENIAN.Net, “presently, the company has no information on the accident; gas supplies to Armenia remains regular.”
Founded in 1997, ArmRosGazprom, a subsidiary of Gazprom, supplies gas for the domestic market in Armenia. The company also transports, stores, processes, distributes, and sells natural gas; and generates electricity, as well as engages in the reconstruction and expansion of the gas transportation system and underground storage facilities system in Armenia. In addition, it manages gas deliveries from the Russian Federation to Armenia, as well as exports to Turkey. Currently, the company’s authorized capital totals AMD 316.6 billion.
