Nigeria’s state oil company NNPC Ltd reported an explosion on Dec. 10 at its critical Escravos-Lagos gas pipeline, disrupting operations and prompting an emergency response.

An explosion on a major underground gas pipeline near the Siberian city of Omsk sent a large column of fire into the air on Tuesday, prompting several industrial plants to shut off gas supplies, regional officials announced.

A section of the Trans-Niger Pipeline, one of Nigeria's biggest pipelines, has exploded, according to media reports.

The explosion of the Nord Stream pipeline has ended energy cooperation between Russia and Germany, which had served as a model of mutually beneficial cooperation for decades, Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergei Nechayev said, News.Az reports citing RIA Novosti.