P.M. BRIEFING : Soviet Gas Pipeline Ruptures
A pipeline has ruptured in the Ural mountains, spewing 735 million cubic feet of natural gas into the air, the official Tass press agency reported today.
In a separate incident this weekend, a corroded oil pipeline sprang a leak, the oil caught fire, and 27 wells had to be shut down, Tass said.
An official blamed poor construction and maintenance for the accidents.
In the first incident, the pipeline rupture halted supplies of more than 3,500 million cubic feet of natural gas coming from the Tyumen region, 900 miles east of Moscow.
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