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Shah Deniz gas pipeline flow halted by explosion in Turkey - officials


    ANKARA (Reuters) - The gas flow on the Shah Deniz pipeline carrying natural gas from Azerbaijan was halted by an explosion in Turkey on Monday evening, energy sector officials said, with one saying it was thought Kurdish militants had sabotaged the pipeline.

    The officials told Reuters gas flow had been halted on Aug. 3 due to maintenance and had only resumed on Aug. 23 but had not yet reached capacity before Monday's blast.

    (Reporting by Orhan Coskun; Editing by Daren Butler)