Nord Stream 1: Gazprom reduces delivery by 40 percent

Created: 06/14/2022, 13:43

View of the pipe systems and shut-off devices in the gas receiving station of the Baltic Sea pipeline.

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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.

Moscow - 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