Regarding the incident in gas pipeline in Pasvalys district
17 January 2023 - 2:14AM
Regarding the incident in gas pipeline in Pasvalys district
AB Amber Grid, legal entity code: 303090867. Address: Laisvės
ave. 10, LT-04215 Vilnius, Lithuania.
On 13 January 2023, around 5 p.m. an incident occurred in the
Amber Grid gas pipeline in Pasvalys district in northern Lithuania.
No injuries occurred. The gas ignited during the incident stopped
burning after 4 hours.
Lithuanian consumers were supplied with gas through a parallel
pipeline. The gas supply to Latvia was restored the same
evening.
After the damaged main gas pipeline was repaired over the
weekend and adjacent sections were inspected, gas supply capacity
to Latvia was fully restored on Monday. The gas transmission system
is operating in normal mode and gas consumers have not been
inconvenienced by the pipeline incident.
The causes of the incident will be clarified during
investigations by law enforcement authorities, the National Energy
Regulatory Council (NERC) and the Amber Grid Expert Commission.
According to the company's preliminary assessment, the incident was
caused by technical reasons.
More information:
Laura Šebekienė, Head of Communications of Amber Grid,
Ph. +370 699 61 246, e-mail: l.sebekiene@ambergrid.lt
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