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The largest Russian gas field is burning in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District. The fire broke out on the night of June 16.
According to local reports, the fire took place in the area of the Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy section between gas fields 7 and 8, where a rupture of 1400 mm of the pipeline was reported.
The Urengoy field is one of the largest gas fields in the world. It has reserves of up to 10 trillion m3 of gas.
In August last year, due to a large-scale fire at the Gazprom gas chemical complex in Novy Urengoy, gas supplies via the Yamal —Europe gas pipeline were reduced. As a result, prices on the European market increased by 6%.
