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Peru pipeline rupture followed years of regulator warnings, documents show

22 April 2026, 9:43 am
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FILE PHOTO: Tanker trucks line up at the La Pampilla refinery to load gasoline after the rupture of the country's main gas pipeline, in Lima, Peru, March 9, 2026. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo

A pipeline rupture that crippled Peru’s energy grid in March followed years of documented warnings from regulators to pipeline operator TGP about dealing with landslides, erosion, and construction flaws in the system that moves about 95% of the country’s gas, according to government records reviewed by Reuters.

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