Russia reduces gas supplies to Germany again
Created: 06/15/2022, 15:57
By: Tobias Utz
Russia cuts gas supplies from Gazprom via Nord Stream.
A company from Germany is said to be to blame.
Update from Wednesday, June 15, 3:45 p.m .:
Gazprom is once again reducing the maximum gas delivery volumes through the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline to Germany.
From Thursday morning (June 16), only a maximum of 67 million cubic meters will be pumped through the pipeline every day, as stated in an announcement on Wednesday afternoon.
The Russian state company once again justified this step with delays in repair work by Siemens.
Therefore another gas compression plant had to be shut down, according to Gazprom.
Gazprom has cut gas supplies through Nord Stream 1.
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Gazprom had already announced on Tuesday that it would reduce the maximum delivery volume to initially up to 100 million cubic meters of gas per day.
This corresponds to around 60 percent of the previously planned daily volume of 167 million cubic meters of gas (see initial report).
First report from Tuesday, June 14, 1:30 p.m.:
Moscow – Russia is reducing gas supplies via the Nord Stream Baltic Sea pipeline to Germany by a good 40 percent.
The energy company Gazprom announced on Tuesday in the Telegram messenger service that only 100 million cubic meters of gas per day can be guaranteed instead of the usual 167 million cubic meters.
One of the reasons given by the company was that there were currently no compressors from the German Siemens group at the starting point of the pipeline.
Gazprom logo.
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Russian natural gas deliveries to Europe have fallen significantly since European sanctions against Moscow came into force because of the military intervention in Ukraine.
Gazprom also cut off supplies to several European customers because they refused to pay for the gas in rubles.
War in Ukraine: Russia drastically cuts gas supplies to Germany
The Nord Stream pipeline, commissioned in 2011, is the highest-capacity gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.
It runs from Vyborg in Russia northwest of St. Petersburg to Lubmin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
According to the operating company, 59.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas were exported from Russia to Europe through the pipeline in 2021.
(tu/AFP)