Repaired Nord Stream Turbine Intended for Use This Fall, German Ministry Says
July 18 2022 - 12:36PM
Dow Jones News
By Giulia Petroni and Ed Frankl
A repaired turbine shipped from Canada to Germany for the Nord
Stream pipeline is a replacement part intended for use this fall, a
spokesperson for the German economy ministry told Dow Jones
Newswires on Monday.
According to a report in Russia's Kommersant newspaper, Canada
sent the turbine to Germany by plane on Sunday after repair work on
it had been completed.
Nord Stream, which connects Russia's Siberian gas fields with
Germany under the Baltic Sea, is currently closed for a 10-day
maintenance period that is expected to be completed on Thursday.
However, Europe fears Moscow will extend the works, escalating a
crisis that has already prompted emergency measures from
governments and caused energy bills to soar.
Canada has made a two-year exemption to its sanctions, allowing
turbines powering Nord Stream to be serviced in Montreal with the
hope that this will be enough to persuade Moscow to restore the
flow of natural gas to Europe.
Russian energy giant Gazprom PJSC, the majority owner of the
pipeline's operator, said over the weekend that it had asked for
documents that would allow the turbine already in Montreal to be
returned to Russia, and that the reliable operation of Nord Stream
and the supply of natural gas to European customers depended on the
fulfillment of the maintenance contract for the turbines.
Before maintenance works began, Russia had already cut
deliveries on the pipeline to 40% of its capacity.
Gazprom wasn't immediately available for comment when contacted
by Dow Jones Newswires.
Write to Giulia Petroni at giulia.petroni@wsj.com and Ed Frankl
at edward.frankl@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 18, 2022 12:21 ET (16:21 GMT)
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