Gazprom reduces delivery via Nord Stream 1 by 40 percent
Created: 06/14/2022, 1:49 p.m
View of pipe systems and shut-off devices in the gas receiving station of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline. © Stefan Sauer/dpa
Nord Stream 1 is Germany's main supply pipeline for Russian gas.
Now Gazprom is reducing gas supplies by 40 percent.
The energy giant also gives the reason for this.
Moscow – The Russian energy giant Gazprom is reducing the maximum gas delivery volumes through the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline to Germany by 40 percent.
The reason for this are delays in repair work by Siemens, the state-owned company announced on Tuesday.
A gas compressor unit was not returned in time from repairs.
As a result, only up to 100 million cubic meters of gas could be pumped through the pipeline every day - or around 60 percent of the previously planned daily volume of 167 million cubic meters of gas, it said.
For Germany, Nord Stream 1 is the main supply pipeline with Russian gas.
The Yamal-Europe line had previously not been filled.
The transit of Russian gas through Ukraine, which is well below plan, is also reduced.
Energy prices had already increased as a result of the previous restrictions, because overall less gas flows from Russia to Europe.
The completed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has not yet been put into operation.
dpa