Key gas pipeline from Russia to Europe restarts after break

Natural gasA major water source was established to allow the water to flow. pipeline from Russia to EuropeOn Thursday afterOperator will need to close for maintenance for a minimum of 10 days said. ButThe gasIt was expected that flow would be high toYou will not reach your full potential.

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline to GermanyHad been closed since July11 for annual maintenance. AmidTensions rising Russia’s war in Ukraine, GermanOfficials feared that the pipeline — the country’s main source of Russian gasAround a third of the total has been attributed to. Germany’s gas supplies — might not reopen at all.

Operator Nord Stream AG saidThat gasIt has started to flow again ThursdayMorning, but the flow would take some time toBoost your productivity GermanThe news agency dpa reported.

Deliveries were expected toFall well below the pipelineYour full capacity. Nord Stream saidA similar amount of gasWas expected toThis was before maintenance. Thehead Germany’sNetwork regulator Klaus Mueller, saidOn TwitterThat Russia’s Gazprom had notified deliveries ThursdayOnly 30% of the pipeline’s capacity.

In mid-June, Russia’s state-owned GazpromCut the flow to40% of the capacity ItCited: Technical problems with equipment that partner Siemens EnergySent to CanadaRequirements for overhaul were not met and the order was canceled. Russia’sInvasion Ukraine.

OttawaAn earlier month, permission was given for the turbine that powers the compressor station at the RussianEnd of the pipeline to be delivered to Germany.

The GermanThe government rejected Gazprom’sTechnical explanation gasReduction, repeatedly claiming that it was a pretext to a political decision toThis will create uncertainty and increase energy prices. ItHas saidThe turbine was supposed to be a replacement for the one that had already been installed. toInstalled in SeptemberIt does everything. to deprive RussiaOf the pretext toReduce supplies

Russian President Vladimir Putin said TuesdayThat Gazprom still hadn’t received the relevant documents for the turbine’s return — a claim repeated WednesdayBy Gazprom. Putin saidThat GazpromWas toIn the late hours, shut down another turbine to repair. JulyAnd if the one that was sent is to CanadaThe flow of wasn’t stopped. gasIt would drop even further.

TheHead of the European Union’sexecutive Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, saidOn WednesdayThat the turbine was “in transit”There was! “no pretext not to deliver” gas.

The CommissionIt was suggested that member countries reduce their gas use by 15 per cent over the coming months as the bloc braces for a possible full RussianCutoff gas supplies.