The locomotive country of the European Union economy GermanyRussia, which cut off the natural gas transported to Turkey on the grounds of “maintenance”, announced that the valve would remain closed indefinitely. Russian energy company Gazprom, the Nord Stream pipeline had stopped shipments on August 31 for three days of technical maintenance. While the flow was expected to return to normal yesterday, Gazprom’s St. It was stated that this was not possible “due to turbine leaks detected” at the Portovaya compressor station near St. It was noted that the line will remain closed for an indefinite period.
‘THE COLD WAR
After the occupation of Ukraine began on February 24, this most important line carrying gas to Europe was closed for 10 days, again for maintenance reasons, and then returned to service with a capacity reduction. By the end of August, Russia had even supplied 20 percent of its capacity. Previously, it was revealed that excess gas that was not sold to Germany and could not be stored was destroyed by burning. While EU countries accuse Russia of using natural gas as a weapon, comments are made that the effort to fill the stocks before winter is interrupted with the last move. Recently, Germany announced that they had reached 85 percent fullness in their natural gas stocks earlier than the target, and that they could make enough stocks for the whole winter before October, when the use for heating purposes started. Pointing to the level in stocks, the German Ministry of Economy said after the cut, “We are much more prepared than we were a few months ago. “These are tough times, but we are on track to deal with this situation,” he said.
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REASON OIL LEAK
Regarding the interruption, Gazprom said, “In fact, during the ongoing maintenance, cracks were detected in the turbine made by Siemens. Under these conditions, gas cannot be supplied to the line. The turbine should be repaired outside of Russia by the company where it was manufactured.” The turbine manufacturer Siemens, which showed the first reaction to the interruption, emphasized that on-site repair can be made for the specified oil leak and noted that there is no need to cut the gas flow. Earlier, Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the only reason gas shipments stopped was “technical problems” caused by sanctions against Russia. Peskov stated that “the sanctions imposed on Russia do not allow normal maintenance and repair work to be carried out” and said that the embargoes of the West damaged gas facilities.
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ZELENSKI: WE WAS WARNING YOU
Ukraine making a statement on the developments President Volodymyr Zelenski said, “We warned you at the time, that Russia will resort to all kinds of blackmail to get what it wants. “It is a fact that Russia uses energy as a weapon,” he said. Moscow also received a reaction from Brussels. The European Commission accused the Russian energy giant of “turning off Nord Stream 1 under false pretexts”.
CEILING PRICE FOR RUSSIAN OIL
G7 countries to limit the Kremlin’s ability to finance its war on Ukraine Russian oil agreed to impose a ceiling price on purchases. Although the finance ministers of the USA, England, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan have reached an agreement in principle, the negotiations on what the ceiling price level will be continue. The measure will take effect on December 5 for crude oil and February 5 for processed products. Experts say that for the price ceiling to have a meaningful effect on Moscow, the support of big buyers such as India is needed.
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INFORMATION NOTE: Except for Nord Stream, all shipments from the Yamal-Europe pipeline, which carries Russian gas to Europe, stopped completely after the start of the Ukrainian war. Shipments on the line passing through Ukraine were cut by half.
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