“We cannot accelerate repairs to the Nord Stream 1 pipeline” The Russian government washes its hands on the gas
According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Russia can do little to speed up repairs to machinery at Nord Stream compressor stations.
The situation of the necessary repairs needs to be resolved, but Russia can do little about it, Peskov told Russian reporters on Monday. In this way, the spokesperson plans to wash his government's hands from any new interruptions in gas supplies.
The Kremlin has nothing to add to what Gazprom has already said: there are equipment failures that require urgent repairs and there are further "artificial difficulties" caused by "illegal sanctions and restrictions," Peskov added.
The gas turbine manufacturer, Siemens Energy, said, for its part, that it had not received any reports of malfunctions from Gazprom and therefore had to assume that the equipment was operating normally.
Natural gas prices in Europe rose to record highs last week after Russia said gas supply through Nord Stream would be reduced to just 20% of the pipeline's capacity, days after Gazprom restarted the gas pipeline. pipeline at 40% capacity after regular 10-day maintenance. The Russian explanation for the even lower gas flows to Europe is that another turbine at a compressor station has been sent for repair, while the one Canada returned from repairs has yet to be installed.
Over the weekend Gazprom said it had cut off gas supplies to Latvia "due to a violation of the conditions set for the withdrawal of gas", without specifying what the violation was. This made Latvia another EU member state to which supplies from Russia were cut off. Latvia said the Russian move will have minimal impact on its gas supplies.
Meanwhile, the EU urges EU member states and consumers to voluntarily reduce their gas and energy consumption to give countries the ability to fill their gas depots in time for the winter heating season.
As of 30 July, EU stockpiles were nearly 69% full, according to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe. Storage in Germany, Europe's largest economy and largest buyer of Russian gas, was also over 68%. The EU's target is to fill gas storage to 80% by October and preferably 90% by November.
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