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The Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod or “Brotherhood” natural gas pipeline in the Poltava region of central Ukraine has gone up in flames. It is the largest consumer gas pipeline in Europe supplying gas to the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Hungary and countries in the Balkans. The pipeline stretches 2,800 miles from Siberia’s Urengoy gas field through Ukraine to Europe. According to witnesses flames from the ruptured pipeline reached 200 meters high.
Further highlights from the study: 1  The share of global natural gas trade represented by liquified natural gas (LNG) surpassed 30 percent in 2010 for the first time on record. 2  Russia maintained its status as the world’s leading exporter of natural gas, accounting for 27.5 percent of global pipeline trade.