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Snake brings LNG facility in Thailand to standstill

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KUALA LUMPUR, February 6 (RIA Novosti) - A natural gas facility in southern Thailand was brought to a standstill Monday by a blackout blamed on a snake.

A plant pumping liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the southern Thai province of Songkhla to Malaysia had to suspend operations after its electricity system was downed by a stray boa constrictor.

According to executives at Trans Thai-Malaysia, which operates the facility, the reptile caused a short circuit in the system by wrapping around an electricity transmission line and clamping down on a high-voltage transformer.

Trans Thai-Malaysia is a joint venture between Malay petroleum giant Petroliam Nasional and Thailand's PTT. Its LNG plant has a maximum pumping capacity of 166,000 metric tons.

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