Novatek logo. File photoWARSAW, Apr 30 About 500 LPG railcars are at risk of explosion in Poland due to sanctions imposed on Novatek subsidiary Novatek Green Energy, the company said. A few days ago, Poland introduced its own sanctions against 50 Russian individuals and legal entities, including Gazprom, Novatek, Akron. Because of this, several dozen communes (districts) of Poland were left without liquefied gas, which were provided by Novatek Green Energy. «A significant and very real danger is associated with the loss of control of the company and the impossibility of further transportation and unloading of about 500 railway cars filled with liquefied gas, who legally entered the Polish territory,» the message reads. «Due to the physical and chemical properties of liquefied gas, in the event of a long idle time of cars on the tracks, an increase in external temperature and, at the same time, an increase in gas pressure in the cars can lead to the release of gas into the atmosphere, as well as its ignition, which will lead to a powerful and difficult to extinguish fire,» the company explains. In connection with the above, Novatek Green Energy believes that «immediate measures must be taken to ensure that the propane-butane gas accumulated in railway tanks in the amount of about 40 million liters arrived immediately and safely at the transshipment terminals.» «Obviously, and Due to the imposed sanctions, Novatek Green Energy cannot take any action in this regard,» the company stated. gas from the Russian Federation to a number of countries with the right decision
