Gas supplies via Nord Stream drop to 20% of maximum level

Russian gas supplies via Nord Stream gas pipeline have fallen to about 20 per cent of their maximum capacity amid the shutdown of another gas turbine.

“Some 1.28 million cubic meters per hour, or about 20 per cent of the maximum throughput of Nord Stream, was transported via Nord Stream in accordance with applications at 8:00 (GMT+3) from July 27,” TASS informs referring to the German Gascade independent transmission operator.

Thus, the supplies via the gas pipeline will decrease by more than twofold up to about 31 million cubic metres per day compared to the previous 67 million cubic metres.

Gazprom announced the forced shutdown of another gas turbine engine at the Portovaya compressor station on July 25 due to the end of the period between repair operations before the overhaul. Thus, only one turbine will remain in working condition.

The price of gas in Europe during the auction rose above $2,300 per 1,000 cubic metres for the first time since March 8, 2022.

The German authorities said that they see no technical reason to cut gas supplies via Nord Stream.

Germany still refuses to announce the location of the repaired turbine, while the documents sent by Siemens on the return of the turbine still do not remove sanctions risks and only raise additional questions, Russia’s Gazprom company said.

Siemens Energy said that it did not see a connection between the turbine and the decrease in supplies via Nord Stream, and there were not enough customs documents from Gazprom to import it into the Russian Federation.