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Blast halts gas exports

A pipeline blast in Turkmenistan yesterday fully halted Turkmen gas exports to Russia, which said the accident would not have an impact on its customers in Europe.

Turkmenistan is the biggest gas producer in Central Asia and Russia's gas export monopoly Gazprom buys up to 50 billion cubic meters of its gas a year to meet its export obligations and demand at home.