Gazprom’s announcement comes moments after the G-7 decided to cut gas prices, with the aim of reducing Russia’s income and its ability to finance the war, while limiting the impact on world energy prices.
Euskaraz irakurri: “Aitzakia faltsuak” erabiltzea egotzi dio Bruselak Moskuri Nord Stream gasbidean totes eteteko
The European Commission (EC) this Friday accused Russia of “cynicism” and of using “false pretexts” to justify the complete shutdown of gas flow through the Nord Stream gas pipeline over an alleged oil leak discovered during maintenance on the only running compressor station.
Gazprom’s announcement this afternoon that it will close again North Stream 1 under false pretenses is another confirmation of your unreliability as a supplier. It is also a testament to Russia’s cynicism as it would rather burn gas than fulfill contracts,” European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer said on his official Twitter account.
Gazprom’s announcement comes a day before the Russian gas company was due to resume gas supply to Europe via the gas pipeline – already running at just 20% of capacity – after three days of maintenance on a turbine at the compressor station, and moments after the G-7 had decided to lower the price of gas, with the aim of reducing Russia’s income and its ability to finance the war, while limiting the impact on global energy prices.
The Federal Technical Supervision Service of Russia (Rostejnadzor) warned that the detected problem did not guarantee the safe operation of the turbine.
As a result, the gas flow will not resume as planned on Saturday, after the three-day maintenance work.
According to the gas company, representatives of the Siemens Energy company, which is responsible for the maintenance of the Nord Stream turbines, have verified the malfunction. However, Siemens Energy stated in a statement released hours later that the Gazprom company’s version “does not constitute a technical reason to cease operations” in the infrastructure.
According to Siemens Energy, “these types of leaks usually do not affect the turbine’s activity and can be fixed on site”, without the manufacturer having to intervene. “This is a routine procedure,” the company said in a statement.
He has even pointed out that on other occasions, incidents like this have not resulted in a “closure of operations,” as announced this Friday by Gazprom, leaving a key gas pipeline for shipping to Central Europe inactive.
This week, Gazprom president Alexei Miller said that the repair of the turbines at a specialized plant is impossible due to sanctions imposed by the West.
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