Kazakhstan's largest oilfield has been forced into a temporary shutdown after fires damaged a critical power generation and distribution facility at the Chevron-operated Tengiz oilfield, extending a run of supply interruptions in Kazakhstan.

Production & exports were halted following damage to site power systems serving the field and the adjacent Korolev oilfield, media cited Kazakh officials as stating on Monday. 

The operator said the outage followed an issue affecting parts of the site's power distribution systems and reported no injuries, without providing guidance on restart timing.

KazMunayGaz said 2 fires broke out on Jan 18 at transformers serving different generation trains at the GTES-4 power plant, which supplies electricity to oil & gas processing facilities at Tengiz.

Both fires were extinguished, and the field & related infrastructure were described as safe and secure.

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Kazakhstans-Tengiz-Oilfield-Shuts-After-Power-Facility-Fires.amp.html

PUYALLUP, Washington

Puget Sound Energy is working to restore power after a mudslide ripped down lines.

Puyallup police first posted about the incident at 11:14 a.m. on Monday.

Traffic is being diverted to 8th Ave (80th St E) in front of Farm 12.

Puget Sound Energy's outage map showed 150 customers are without power. The estimated time for restoration is 2:30 p.m.

https://komonews.com/news/local/puyallup-landslide-causes-power-outage-pulls-down-damages-lines-closed-road-puget-sound-energy-east-pioneer-at-33rd-st-se-traffic-diverted

Powick, UK

The wall at the boundary of the Cross House off the A449 Malvern Road, Powick has partially fallen down, sending bricks flying over the pavement and blocking one lane of the busy road.

West Mercia Police officers have been on the scene, as have officers from Worcestershire County Council Highways, to inspect the damage.

A resident said he was surprised that particular wall had fallen down and not another wall on the opposite side of the wall nearer Worcester which is bowing towards the pavement.

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/25778882.a449-malvern-road-powick-partially-blocked-wall-collapses

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