The Nord Stream gas pipeline, which connects Russia with Germany, was put back into operation on Thursday after 10 days of maintenance.
“It works,” a spokesman for Nord Stream told the AFP news agency, without specifying the amount of gas delivered. The Nord Stream gas pipeline, which connects Russia with Germany, was put back into operation on Thursday after 10 days of maintenance, the eponymous company that manages the equipment told AFP news agency. The federal government feared that this pipeline would not be reopened by Moscow after this work.
According to information from Gazprom to the German grid operator Gascade, the pipeline should deliver 530 GWh during the day. That’s only “30 percent” of their capacity, noted the President of the German Network Agency, Klaus Müller, on Twitter on Thursday. It would also be ten points less than before the works. Arguing that no turbines are being serviced in Canada, Gazprom has already reduced Nord Stream supplies to 40% of capacity since mid-June.
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The Russian gas giant Gazprom had assured that it could only guarantee the resumption of deliveries via this gas pipeline, which is under maintenance, on Thursday morning. The group referred to the lack of this turbine, which the company said was necessary for the operation of a compressor station. A “pretext,” according to Berlin, that denounces “political” decisions. Germany was therefore suspended from Moscow’s decision to restart the pipeline after this long-planned maintenance work.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, has been hot and cold about the prospects for Nord Stream in the coming weeks. He hinted that the pipeline could restart Thursday morning, but that it would be running at 20% capacity as early as next week if Russia didn’t get the missing turbine. According to the Russian President, a second turbine will have to be serviced at the end of July.