Russian gas giant Gazprom today suspended gas supplies to Germany via the gas pipeline until September 3 Nord Stream for repair work of the infrastructure pumping equipment, the only one in operation.
Pumping stopped at 04:00 Moscow time (01:00 Moscow time), according to the actual consumption data offered on the website Nord Stream AGoperator of the gas pipeline laid along the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
According to Gazprom”The package of works in accordance with the current maintenance contract will be carried out jointly with Siemens specialists.”
The Russian gas company indicated that, in accordance with the technical documentation of the manufacturer, “each 1000 hours, it is necessary to carry out technical maintenance of the equipment, including inspection of the chassis for cracks, deformations, and burns.
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After the completion of the repair work, gas pumping will be restored to the level that existed before the cessation of operation – 33 million cubic meters. m per day.
Russia is gradually reducing the volume of deliveries due to Nord Stream under the pretext of technical problems and the need to repair Siemens gas pipeline turbines.
July 27 last year Gazprom announced a reduction in gas throughput to one-fifth of the gas pipeline’s capacity, a decision that Berlin says is a response to a “military strategy.”
On Tuesday, a Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskovpointed out that “apart from the technological problems caused by the sanctions (against Russia), nothing hinders the supply.”
He stressed that the US sanctions, Canada and European countries against Russia “They do not allow proper maintenance, repair, or legal clearance to return the equipment to its place of use.”
According to sandsthese obstacles are part of the “irrational acts of the Europeans, which are very difficult to understand and impossible to explain, but for which the ordinary citizen must pay a high price.”
Moscow repeatedly suggested that the situation could be resolved by the commissioning of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
This gas pipeline was never put into operation, because Germany suspended certification on February 22, the day after Russia recognized the independence of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic Lugansk and Donetskand two days before Russia launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine.
(As reported by EFE)
Source: RPP
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