Germany will wait until at least Monday to find out whether Russia has cut off the supply of natural gas through a key pipeline, days after it completed maintenance work, Bloomberg reported. It is noted that work on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline is expected to be completed on Thursday, but it will be too […]
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Commission: Natural gas supply via Nord Stream is not expected to resume
LAST UPDATE 13:52 The European Commission does not expect natural gas supplies to Europe from Russia via the Nord Stream pipeline to resume when its scheduled maintenance is completed, Commissioner Johannes Hahn said. “We are working with the scenario that (the pipeline) will not return to operation,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a […]
The ‘uphill’ is pulled again by natural gas, due to… heat
Natural gas prices in Europe are soaring along with a heat wave plaguing the western part of the continent, as the latter increases demand for air conditioning and pushes energy costs higher. Temperatures in parts of the UK and France could reach record highs on Monday and Tuesday, Maxar forecast. Germany generated record amounts of […]
Big fluctuations in natural gas, due to… heat
Natural gas prices in Europe soared temporarily on Monday morning above 164 euros, with a heat wave plaguing the western part of the continent as the latter increases demand for air conditioning and pushes energy costs higher, to recede. then close to 156 euros. Temperatures in parts of the UK and France could reach record […]
Kommersant: Canada sent Nord Stream turbine to Germany on July 17
Canada sent a turbine for the Russian-German Nord Stream gas pipeline to Germany by air on July 17 after undergoing repair work, Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday, citing people with knowledge of the situation. It will take another five to seven days for the turbine to reach Russia, if there are no other issues with […]
Zelensky ‘sings’ Trudeau over Canadian decision on Nord Stream turbines
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a phone call on Sunday that Ukrainians will never accept Canada’s decision to return turbines to Germany “in violation of sanctions” against Russia. It was the first communication between the two leaders since Canada’s decision last week to allow the return of repaired turbines […]
Ineos: Europe will need gas vouchers if Nord Stream remains closed
Europe will need to issue natural gas vouchers to cover winter heating demand if the Nord Stream pipeline is not reopened after maintenance work ends, according to Bloomberg citing Ineos Group. “The picture looks pretty bad for this winter in terms of whether we’re going to hit the targets we need for storage,” Brian Gilvary, […]
Nord Stream I: The odyssey of a… turbine
Who would have thought that an innocent German-made turbine currently in Canada for maintenance and about to be transported back to Russia at the Portovaya compressor station near the Russian-Finnish border would cause such a stir. But the Russian invasion of Ukraine intervened, followed by EU sanctions against Russia and Gazprom, and now the turbine […]
Zakharova: The operation of Nord Stream is up to our partners
“As for the future operation of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline, a lot will depend on our partners,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said today, continuing the thriller with the possibility of a complete shutdown of Russian flows to Europe. It is recalled that the natural gas pipeline connecting Russia to Germany has […]
It cannot guarantee the smooth operation of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, says Gazprom
Russian gas giant Gazprom said today it could not guarantee the smooth operation of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline serving Europe, saying it could not confirm it would recover a German turbine that had been sent to Canada for repairs. “Gazprom does not have any documents in its possession allowing Siemens to remove from Canada […]
