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Facilities in Lubmin, the loading point of Nord Stream 1 in Germany
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Russian gas exporter Gazprom has announced a three-day maintenance shutdown on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
The reason is “a series of routine maintenance work”.
From August 31 to September 2, the only working compressor will be serviced together with Siemens, during which time no gas will flow to Europe, the company said.
If there are no technical errors, gas transport can be resumed with a capacity of 33 million cubic meters per day, Gazprom said.
However, this only corresponds to around 20 percent of the actual capacity of the pipeline.
Gas supplies from Russia have been sharply reduced since June.
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