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Gas supply via Nord Stream halted for 3 days due to maintenance

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 31 Aug 2022 08:43
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Gas supplies via Nord Stream have fallen to zero cubic meters per hour.

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    Gas supplies via Nord Stream have fallen to zero cubic meters per hour (Getty)

Gas supplies via Nord Stream have fallen to zero cubic meters per hour, and the operation of the pipeline has been suspended for three days due to scheduled maintenance work at the Portovaya compressor station, data from gas transportation system operators showed.

According to information from the operator of the Opal gas pipeline, which receives gas from Nord Stream, deliveries through the Baltic pipeline ceased from 4 am Moscow time (1 am GMT), as previously announced by Russian energy giant Gazprom. The less powerful gas pipeline Nel stopped receiving gas even earlier, at 3 am Moscow time.

Gazprom announced on Friday that Russian gas deliveries to Europe through the Nord Stream pipeline will cease from August 31 to September 2 for "maintenance", raising the prospect of energy shortages in Europe.

"It is necessary to carry out maintenance every 1,000 hours" of operation, Gazprom indicated in a statement.

"On August 31, 2022, the only Trent 60 gas compression unit will be stopped for three days for maintenance" involving technicians from Germany's Siemens, the Russian company said. 

As a result, "gas transportation through the Nord Stream pipeline will be suspended for three days."

At the end of this period, deliveries will be restored to a flow of 33 million cubic meters of gas per day, Gazprom mentioned.

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According to a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 31, 2022, gas supply exports are prohibited if payment is not paid in full within the contractual payment period. 

"In this regard, Gazprom Export has notified Engie of a complete suspension of gas supplies starting from September 1, 2022, until the receipt of funds for the supplied gas in full," Gazprom concluded.

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Borne stressed that if there is no immediate alternative to gas supplies from Russia, this measure is necessary. 

On August 25, EDF, a French energy company, launched 4 out of 12 nuclear reactors that were previously shut down for maintenance over corrosion which was detected in May by the French Nuclear Safety Authority. 
 
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France is facing a crisis in energy production, described as "unprecedently difficult" in late July by government spokesperson Olivier Veran.

The country has taken rationing measures, such as banning illumination and air conditioners in stores at night time.

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