Five turbines under repair
According to Gazprom’s Telegram channel, there are no Nord Stream 1 turbines left in Canada.
“Currently, none of the Portovaya CS turbines are being repaired in Canada,” the company said.
Former Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly stated In an interview with the CBC, he said Ottawa would return the remaining Russian gas turbines subject to sanctions.
Joly said Canada plans to return five turbines used in the Russian gas pipeline, although the company that operates the pipeline has refused to accept a turbine returned to Germany.
The authors of the material noted that in July the Canadian government gave permission to send six turbines to Germany for later transfer to Gazprom, which is being maintained in Montreal. One of the turbines is already in Germany, but the Russian company refused to accept it.
“The sanctions regimes of Canada, the EU, the UK and the inconsistency of the current situation with Siemens’ current contractual obligations make the delivery of the 073 engine to Portovaya CS impossible,” Gazprom said in a statement on 3 August.
On August 4, the company announced that instead of Russia, the engine was sent to Germany without the consent of Gazprom, which “does not meet the terms of the contract”. In addition, Canadian authorities have issued documents that “have nothing to do with the current contract” for the removal of the turbine. The Russian company also pointed out that there is a risk that Ottawa will see the transfer of the turbine to Russia as a violation. This could lead to the revocation of the permit and the impossibility of repairing other Nord Stream engines in Canada.
“No excuse”
Despite Gazprom’s refusal, Joly told the CBC that the country plans to ship the remaining five turbines to Germany.
“Canada doesn’t want to give Putin any excuse to continue arming the energy flow to Europe,” he said.
Canadian officials decided to return the turbines because “it was exactly what Germany wanted,” Joly said.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told CBC that Berlin will continue to work with Canada to secure the return of the remaining five turbines.
“I think there is a political understanding that we will cooperate, be friends and do everything possible so that the Russian game does not work out,” Scholz said.
turbine passion
Another Canadian sanction affected Nord Stream 1, from which Germany and other European countries received Russian gas. In Canada, one of the turbines was stuck during repair. Gazprom had to reduce gas supply through the pipeline to 20% of its maximum capacity. And at the end of August, the Russian company announced that the gas pipeline will be stopped for three days on August 31 for “maintenance and preventive maintenance”.
“A series of routine maintenance will be carried out in partnership with Siemens experts, in accordance with the existing maintenance contract. According to the technical documentation of Siemens, the unit needs to be serviced every 1000 hours,” Gazprom said.
In mid-August, Klaus Müller, head of the Federal Grid Agency (Germany’s regulatory agency), said in an interview with Bloomberg that if Russia’s supplies to Germany were cut, there would be enough gas for “two to two and a half months”. “
On August 22, Scholz arrived in Canada for a three-day visit. He told reporters in Montreal that he plans to negotiate with Ottawa on the supply of important raw materials in return for the Russian.
“The country (Canada – socialbites.ca) has the same rich mineral resources as Russia, the only difference is that it is a reliable democracy. Thus, we open new areas of cooperation. “We want to work closely together, especially in building an economy based on green hydrogen.”
Source: Gazeta
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