TYUMEN, March 13 (RIA Novosti) – At least eight workers have been injured at Gazprom’s largest gas field on Russia's Arctic Yamal peninsula in an accident that blew apart a workshop, the local Emergencies Ministry said on Wednesday.
The incident, which the local Emergency Ministry described as an “uncontrolled boom," occurred at a workshop late Tuesday during equipment installation at the giant Bovanenkovo field.
The accident blew out the workshop’s roof and wall panels, but did not start a blaze. The injuries were light and no evacuation was needed, the ministry said in a statement. Emergencies officials were not immediately available to provide further information, though the initial description of the accident made it sound like a blowout.
Russian energy giant Gazprom officially started production last October at the Bovanenkovo gas field, which has estimated reserves of 4.9 trillion cubic meters of natural gas.
