Russia’s Gazprom will indicate “force majeure” to stop gas supplies to Europe via the Nordstream 1 pipeline.
According to Reuters, the index was sent to at least one major customer last week, on July 14, as the company expected difficulties in supplying Germany and neighboring countries, due to exceptional circumstances beyond its control.
Nordstream 1 pipeline has been closed since July 11, on a regular outage for ten days of maintenance. However, in the wake of sanctions imposed on Russia, due to the military invasion of Ukraine, EU countries fear that the equipment will not be reactivated on Thursday, as planned.
Brussels is already preparing a contingency plan to deliver on Wednesday. The document should show the limits of mass use of energy, as well as diversify energy sources and create an alert system.
last week, Gazprom has already issued a statement to indicate no The ability to ensure the smooth running of the Nordstream pipeline, as it was unable to confirm whether it would recover German turbines being repaired in Canada.
Ottawa said that “Gazprom does not have any documents that would allow Siemens to withdraw the gas turbine engine from Canada.” Ottawa said it wanted to return to Berlin. “Under these conditions, it is not possible to reach an objective conclusion regarding the development of the situation regarding the complete safe operation” of the gas pipeline.
The turbine in question is under repair in Canada, The protagonist was in another tense diplomatic momentGermany has asked CEO Justin Trudeau for an exemption from the sanctions imposed on Moscow, in order to allow the equipment to be returned and shipped. Ukraine has condemned this gesture.
