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Norway gas flow to Britain resumes after repair

7 June 2024, 12:00 am
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FILE PHOTO: Flames blaze from a chimney at Western Europe's largest liquefied natural gas plant Hammerfest LNG in Hammerfest, Norway, March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo

Reuters was first to report that Norwegian pipeline operator Gassco suffered an outage of gas exports to Britain that pushed Europe’s benchmark gas price to its highest level this year. Reuters revealed that the outage was caused by problems onboard an offshore platform, and later also broke the news when the flow of gas resumed after five days.