Gazprom to cut Nord Stream gas deliveries to Europe drastically from Wednesday
- The supplies from the Portovaya compressor station will be slashed from 7am Moscow time on Wednesday, the company said
- The German government said there was no technical justification for Gazprom’s announcement and has accused Moscow of using energy as a ‘weapon’
Gazprom said it is cutting daily gas deliveries to Europe via the Nord Stream pipeline to 33 million cubic metres a day – about 20 per cent of the pipeline’s capacity – from Wednesday.
The company said in a statement on Monday that it was halting the operation of one of the last two operating turbines owing to the “technical condition of the engine”.
The supplies from the Portovaya compressor station will be slashed from 7am Moscow time on Wednesday, the company said.
The German government said there was no technical justification for Gazprom’s announcement.
“According to the information we have there is no technical reason for a reduction of deliveries,” a German economy ministry spokeswoman said.
German group Siemens Energy, which is charged with maintaining the turbine, also said in a statement that it saw “no link between the turbine and the gas cuts that have been implemented or announced”.