(Bloomberg) -- Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov ordered to invent a way to extinguish a giant gas crater in the Karakum desert known as the “Gates of Hell”, RIA Novosti reports citing Turkmen state TV.
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- Natural gas has been burning for years in the Darwaza area, harming the environment and the health of the local population, Berdymukhamedov noted during the cabinet meeting, according to RIA
- Turkmenistan is also losing valuable commodity which it could sell abroad
- Berdymukhamedov ordered to bring in foreign experts to solving this problem if necessary
- NOTE: “Gates of Hell” has burned gas continuously for more than 40 years since a drilling accident
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