Gas
Gas pipe explodes near Chitcani village
April 01, 2009An explosion of large proportions, which resulted into a fire, took place this morning, near the village Chitcani, on the segment of the pipe Ananiev-Tiraspol-Ismail. Liliana Puşcaşu, the press officer of the Civil Protection and Emergency Service...
Natural gas supply resumed in Transdniestria
January 20, 2009All the settlements in the Transdniestrian region are now supplied with gas. Petr Ganov, the deputy director of Tiraspoltransgaz-Pridnestrovie Company, told the reporters on Tuesday that all the villages and towns in the region are provided with the necessary...
Gas closes part of Newark Airport
November 18, 2007Authorities at Newark (N.J.) Airport were unable to identify a mysterious gas that sickened several people and closed part of a terminal. The smell, likened to natural gas, delayed several hundred travelers Saturday as security personnel shut down...
Smell closes part of Newark airport
November 18, 2007A gassy smell led to the evacuation and closing of part of a terminal at New Jersey's major airport Saturday morning. Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport was reopened 2 ½ hours after the evacuation, Pasquale DiFulco, a spokesman...
Police: Detroit gas war led to shooting
November 18, 2007A battle between two Detroit gas station owners escalated this week when one of the men was fatally shot during a fiery argument, police said. Police said after Jawad Bazzi and a group of his employees confronted his unidentified rival recently, shots...
Fatal fire at Saudi Arabian pipeline
November 18, 2007An undetermined number of people were killed and injured Sunday when a gas pipeline caught fire in eastern Saudi Arabia. The fire broke out on the Haradh-Uthmaniyah pipeline about 18 miles from the Hiwiyah Gas Plant, Saudi Aramco, the state oil conglomerate...
Gas explosion rocks Russian apartment
November 09, 2007A gas explosion in a 12-story apartment building killed at least three people and injured another in an area in southern Moscow, rescue officials said Friday. "The fire was extinguished at 12:43 p.m. Moscow time. About 20 people were rescued...
Gas leak traps 34 miners in China
November 08, 2007Rescue crews scrambled to rescue 34 coal miners trapped Thursday by a methane gas leak in the southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou. The leak was detected at the Qunli Coal Mine Thursday afternoon while 86 miners were working, the state-run Xinhua...
Greenpeace opposes Italian gas terminal
October 29, 2007Environmental activists want to block Italian plans to install a floating natural gas terminal in the middle of a whale and dolphin sanctuary. Under a plan approved by the Italian government, 40 to 50 tankers a year would transfer liquefied gas to...
Man accused of massive gasoline thefts
October 19, 2007A Winter Haven, Fla., man has been arrested and charged with stealing thousands of gallons of gasoline from Central Florida gas stations. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Hobert Gibson, 70, is accused of using a stolen box trailer with a capacity...