Gazprom announced on the 19th that the only turbine still operating in the " Nord Stream-1" natural gas pipeline will be shut down for maintenance for three days starting from August 31. During this period, the " Nord Stream-1" natural gas pipeline will be shut down for maintenance for three days. “The pipeline will stop supplying gas. After the news was announced, European natural gas futures prices hit a recent high.

The intraday trading price of European natural gas futures exceeded US$2,700 per thousand cubic meters for the first time since March. At the close, the European September natural gas futures price fell slightly to US$2,670 per thousand cubic meters, an increase of 6.2% from the previous day.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: Western sanctions have limited Russia’s gas transmission to Europe
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Pan Jin said on the 20th that the current amount of natural gas supplied by Russia to Europe is determined by the existing technology of the "Nord Stream-1" natural gas pipeline Determined by capabilities, the current restrictions on Russia’s gas transmission to European countries are entirely due to the existing anti-Russian sanctions imposed by Western countries, because these sanctions have hindered Siemens’ ability to export gas to European countries. Maintenance and transportation of turbines required for the "Poltovaya" compressor station of the "Nord Stream-1" natural gas pipeline.

The "Nord Stream-1" natural gas pipeline was completed in 2011. It starts from Russia in the east and leads to Germany via the Baltic Sea submarine. It is currently Russia's main gas pipeline to Europe. A turbine of "Nord Stream-1" was previously sent to Canada by Germany's Siemens for maintenance. Gazprom has stated many times that Russia had to reduce the gas transmission volume of "Beixi-1" due to Siemens' failure to deliver turbines for repair to Russia in time and other reasons. At present, the gas transmission capacity of "Beixi-1" is only 20% of full load.
(Original title: "Nord Stream-1" natural gas pipeline will suspend gas supply to Europe for three days. European natural gas futures prices hit a recent high )
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