While concerns about a potential gas shutdown are particularly high in Austria, this is already a reality for some EU countries. As the Russian energy company Gazprom has already announced, gas deliveries via the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 1 are now also reduced by more than 40 percent. Russia justifies this with technical difficulties.
The energy company announced on Tuesday that it can only transport 100 million cubic meters of gas per day instead of the usual 167 million cubic meters.
In the background are missing parts that should have been supplied by the German Siemens group – a gas compressor unit had not returned from repair in time.
Main landing for Germany hit
Nord Stream 1 is the most important Russian gas supply pipeline for Germany. The Yamal-Europe line was previously unfilled. Russia’s gas throughput, which is well below plan, has also been reduced.
Energy prices had already risen as a result of the previous restrictions, as less gas flows from Russia to Europe in general. The completed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has not been commissioned due to the war of aggression against Ukraine.
Source: Krone
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