British newspaper Express columnist Jacob Paul Wrote Panic broke out in Europe after Gazprom’s statement on reducing gas transit through Nord Stream.
He pointed out that EU energy ministers immediately reacted to this event. They will meet in Brussels on 26 July to discuss the EU’s emergency gas savings plan.
As stated in the publication, the European Commission (EC) feared “such a turn of events”.
July 25 Gazprom announced Shutdown of the Nord Stream pipeline of another Siemens gas turbine engine at the Portovaya compressor station due to the expiration of the period between revisions before the overhaul.
The company also says that due to the shutdown of the turbine, this station’s daily output from 7:00 Moscow time on July 27 will almost halve – to 33 million cubic meters. mm per day from the current 67 million cubic meters
Formerly EC forced By the end of September, EU countries will submit a plan to voluntarily reduce gas consumption by 15% by 31 March 2023.