Ukraine: German E.ON rejects suspension of Nord Stream 1

Germany’s E.ON, Europe’s largest power grid operator, opposes demands to close the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline as part of sanctions imposed on Russia for invading Ukraine. today the Rheinische Post.

Following the German government’s decision to suspend the licensing process for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline last week, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called for the closure of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which has been transporting Russian gas to Germany since 2011, on Saturday. .

They are a joint venture of the Russian Gazprom, the German Wintershall DEA, the German PEG Infrastruktur E.ON, the Dutch Gasunie and the French Engie.

E.ON, which holds 15.5% of the share capital of the Nord Stream 1 consortium, said the project is “completely different” from the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, as it is a “licensed and fully operational natural gas pipeline according to its spokesman, who added that its capacity has been fully utilized in the last two years.

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