Gazprom said the three-day shutdown was due to the pipeline’s only remaining gas compressor requiring maintenance, but the move would bring further disruption particularly for Germany, which is heavily dependent on deliveries from Moscow to power industry her. The latest shutdown follows a 10-day scheduled annual maintenance that took place in July, and raised fears about whether Russia will resume supplies, which have been reduced since mid-June. Germany has already been forced to give Uniper — the biggest importer of Russian gas and the company with the highest profile victim of Europe’s energy crisis so far — a 15 billion euro ($15.1 billion) bailout after it drastically cut of flows from Russia, forcing it to buy gas elsewhere at much higher prices. Germany’s broader economic impact was highlighted in Friday’s producer price data, which posted their biggest increases in July, both year-on-year and month-on-month, as energy costs soar.
German dependence
The Nord Stream pipeline was already operating at just one-fifth of its capacity, sparking fears that Russia could completely halt flows towards the winter heating season and make it harder to fill storage facilities. Germany has made targeted efforts to fill its storage facilities in preparation, with levels standing at 78.19% on August 17, slightly higher than 75.89% for the European Union as a whole. After maintenance is completed and “in the absence of technical malfunctions”, flows of 33 million cubic meters (mcm) per day — in line with current volumes — will continue, Gazprom said. This would still be just 20% of Nord Stream’s full capacity of 167 mcm per day. Gazprom said maintenance work on the remaining Trent 60 gas compressor station will be carried out together with Siemens. The Russian group has previously blamed faulty or delayed equipment for lower flows. Germany says this is a pretext to damage its economy. Siemens Energy, which is responsible for maintaining the Nord Stream 1 wind turbines, declined to comment. Earlier, senior German politicians from the ruling parties rejected suggestions that gas shortages could be eased by allowing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to come online, which the Kremlin suggested as a solution. “I strongly suggest that we avoid the humiliation of always asking (Russian President Vladimir) Putin for something that we are not going to get,” said Kevin Kuehnert, the number two official of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats. “Dependence on him must end once and for all,” he added in an interview with the t-online website.
title: “The Nord Stream 1 Pipeline Will Be Shut Down For Three Days Increasing Pressure On Europe Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-08” author: “Alicia Bolinger”
Gazprom said the three-day shutdown was due to the pipeline’s only remaining gas compressor requiring maintenance, but the move would bring further disruption particularly for Germany, which is heavily dependent on deliveries from Moscow to power industry her. The latest shutdown follows a 10-day scheduled annual maintenance that took place in July, and raised fears about whether Russia will resume supplies, which have been reduced since mid-June. Germany has already been forced to give Uniper — the biggest importer of Russian gas and the company with the highest profile victim of Europe’s energy crisis so far — a 15 billion euro ($15.1 billion) bailout after it drastically cut of flows from Russia, forcing it to buy gas elsewhere at much higher prices. Germany’s broader economic impact was highlighted in Friday’s producer price data, which posted their biggest increases in July, both year-on-year and month-on-month, as energy costs soar.
German dependence
The Nord Stream pipeline was already operating at just one-fifth of its capacity, sparking fears that Russia could completely halt flows towards the winter heating season and make it harder to fill storage facilities. Germany has made targeted efforts to fill its storage facilities in preparation, with levels standing at 78.19% on August 17, slightly higher than 75.89% for the European Union as a whole. After maintenance is completed and “in the absence of technical malfunctions”, flows of 33 million cubic meters (mcm) per day — in line with current volumes — will continue, Gazprom said. This would still be just 20% of Nord Stream’s full capacity of 167 mcm per day. Gazprom said maintenance work on the remaining Trent 60 gas compressor station will be carried out together with Siemens. The Russian group has previously blamed faulty or delayed equipment for lower flows. Germany says this is a pretext to damage its economy. Siemens Energy, which is responsible for maintaining the Nord Stream 1 wind turbines, declined to comment. Earlier, senior German politicians from the ruling parties rejected suggestions that gas shortages could be eased by allowing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to come online, which the Kremlin suggested as a solution. “I strongly suggest that we avoid the humiliation of always asking (Russian President Vladimir) Putin for something that we are not going to get,” said Kevin Kuehnert, the number two official of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats. “Dependence on him must end once and for all,” he added in an interview with the t-online website.
title: “The Nord Stream 1 Pipeline Will Be Shut Down For Three Days Increasing Pressure On Europe Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-04” author: “Ethel Knaebel”
Gazprom said the three-day shutdown was due to the pipeline’s only remaining gas compressor requiring maintenance, but the move would bring further disruption particularly for Germany, which is heavily dependent on deliveries from Moscow to power industry her. The latest shutdown follows a 10-day scheduled annual maintenance that took place in July, and raised fears about whether Russia will resume supplies, which have been reduced since mid-June. Germany has already been forced to give Uniper — the biggest importer of Russian gas and the company with the highest profile victim of Europe’s energy crisis so far — a 15 billion euro ($15.1 billion) bailout after it drastically cut of flows from Russia, forcing it to buy gas elsewhere at much higher prices. Germany’s broader economic impact was highlighted in Friday’s producer price data, which posted their biggest increases in July, both year-on-year and month-on-month, as energy costs soar.
German dependence
The Nord Stream pipeline was already operating at just one-fifth of its capacity, sparking fears that Russia could completely halt flows towards the winter heating season and make it harder to fill storage facilities. Germany has made targeted efforts to fill its storage facilities in preparation, with levels standing at 78.19% on August 17, slightly higher than 75.89% for the European Union as a whole. After maintenance is completed and “in the absence of technical malfunctions”, flows of 33 million cubic meters (mcm) per day — in line with current volumes — will continue, Gazprom said. This would still be just 20% of Nord Stream’s full capacity of 167 mcm per day. Gazprom said maintenance work on the remaining Trent 60 gas compressor station will be carried out together with Siemens. The Russian group has previously blamed faulty or delayed equipment for lower flows. Germany says this is a pretext to damage its economy. Siemens Energy, which is responsible for maintaining the Nord Stream 1 wind turbines, declined to comment. Earlier, senior German politicians from the ruling parties rejected suggestions that gas shortages could be eased by allowing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to come online, which the Kremlin suggested as a solution. “I strongly suggest that we avoid the humiliation of always asking (Russian President Vladimir) Putin for something that we are not going to get,” said Kevin Kuehnert, the number two official of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats. “Dependence on him must end once and for all,” he added in an interview with the t-online website.
title: “The Nord Stream 1 Pipeline Will Be Shut Down For Three Days Increasing Pressure On Europe Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-19” author: “Douglas Denery”
Gazprom said the three-day shutdown was due to the pipeline’s only remaining gas compressor requiring maintenance, but the move would bring further disruption particularly for Germany, which is heavily dependent on deliveries from Moscow to power industry her. The latest shutdown follows a 10-day scheduled annual maintenance that took place in July, and raised fears about whether Russia will resume supplies, which have been reduced since mid-June. Germany has already been forced to give Uniper — the biggest importer of Russian gas and the company with the highest profile victim of Europe’s energy crisis so far — a 15 billion euro ($15.1 billion) bailout after it drastically cut of flows from Russia, forcing it to buy gas elsewhere at much higher prices. Germany’s broader economic impact was highlighted in Friday’s producer price data, which posted their biggest increases in July, both year-on-year and month-on-month, as energy costs soar.
German dependence
The Nord Stream pipeline was already operating at just one-fifth of its capacity, sparking fears that Russia could completely halt flows towards the winter heating season and make it harder to fill storage facilities. Germany has made targeted efforts to fill its storage facilities in preparation, with levels standing at 78.19% on August 17, slightly higher than 75.89% for the European Union as a whole. After maintenance is completed and “in the absence of technical malfunctions”, flows of 33 million cubic meters (mcm) per day — in line with current volumes — will continue, Gazprom said. This would still be just 20% of Nord Stream’s full capacity of 167 mcm per day. Gazprom said maintenance work on the remaining Trent 60 gas compressor station will be carried out together with Siemens. The Russian group has previously blamed faulty or delayed equipment for lower flows. Germany says this is a pretext to damage its economy. Siemens Energy, which is responsible for maintaining the Nord Stream 1 wind turbines, declined to comment. Earlier, senior German politicians from the ruling parties rejected suggestions that gas shortages could be eased by allowing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to come online, which the Kremlin suggested as a solution. “I strongly suggest that we avoid the humiliation of always asking (Russian President Vladimir) Putin for something that we are not going to get,” said Kevin Kuehnert, the number two official of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats. “Dependence on him must end once and for all,” he added in an interview with the t-online website.
