After tossing and turning over a gas turbine, Russian state-owned company Gazprom has again reduced its supply from Nord Stream 1. The company announced Monday that 20 percent or 33 million cubic meters of gas would still flow through the main supply pipeline to Germany every day. The reason was the repair of another turbine, it said.
The turbine that had become the source of the dispute had been in Canada for routine maintenance. The country had initially blocked a return in view of international sanctions against Russia. However, under pressure from the German federal government, the turbine was brought to Germany to be transported from there to Russia.
Only 40 percent delivered in June
The Moscow government justified the reduced gas flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline with the lack of the turbine. Delivery had already been reduced to 40 percent of the usual amount in June.
Canadian gas turbine as point of contention
Recently, there were disagreements about the documents accompanying the turbine. For example, Gazprom claimed that despite the documents it had received for the turbine returned from Canada, it saw risks in installing it in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. “Gazprom has studied the relevant documents, but must state that they do not resolve the above-mentioned risks and raise additional questions,” the company reported Monday on its Telegram channel.
Question marks remain with regard to gas supplies via the Baltic Sea pipeline. Gazprom is demanding that the turbine be removed from the scope of Canadian sanctions. This must also be documented, otherwise the operation poses a significant risk of sanctions, the company said. In addition, questions remain about EU and UK sanctions, which are relevant to the supply of this turbine and the repair of other units of the Baltic Sea pipeline.
Source: Krone
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