It has been revealed that every day, 10 million dollars worth of gas is burned from a natural gas plant near the Russian border with Finland.
Russia launched a war against Ukraine on February 24.
Many European countries immediately imposed sanctions on Russia, which was at the center of the reactions due to the war in which hundreds of people died and millions of people were displaced.
Russia, on the other hand, responded without hesitation and restricted the flow of gas to Europe.
Europe’s desperate measures
With the approach of the winter months, the countries whose gas flow was cut off, put the emergency plan into action.
Accordingly, the first saving measures to be taken were determined.
Weird measures are on the table, such as taking a shower with cold water, even using a wet washcloth instead of a shower, and sending the kids to school with twice as many sweaters…
It is also said that Europe continues to work to expand these measures.
Russia burns gas
Aside from the gas crisis, images from a facility close to Russia’s border with Finland angered both Europe and scientists.
Rystad Energy claimed that Russia burned $10 million worth of gas every day at the facility in question.
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Researchers examining the region have recorded a significant increase in the heat emitted from the facility since June; Incoming satellite images have completely lifted the fog…
And it turns out that a significant amount of natural gas is burned at the facility every day.
“These flames that started in June never went away”
Although gas burning is common in natural gas plants, it is normally only done for technical reasons.
But the scale of operations at this facility has puzzled experts.
Jessica McCarty of the University of Miami said in a statement on the subject. “I have never seen so much gas burned in any facility before. These flames, which started in June, never went away and remained abnormally high.” said.
$10 million worth of gas every day…
Rystad Energy claims that around 4.34 million cubic meters of gas is burned every day at the plant near the Finnish border.
This means burning $10 million worth of gas per day.
Experts say that the gas burned here was previously exported to Germany.
No comment from Gazprom
This operation at the facility worried scientists as much as Europe, which was struggling for natural gas.
Experts draw attention to the environmental impact of the process, noting that the large amount of carbon dioxide released could exacerbate the melting of the Arctic glacier and global warming.
Russia’s energy giant Gazprom has left the BBC’s questions on the subject unanswered for now.