Updated The transport of Russian gas via Nord Stream to Europe will be reduced by approximately 40 percent. This is due to delays in repairs to the pipeline. This was announced by the Russian energy company Gazprom on Tuesday.
The capacity will be changed from 167 million cubic meters per day to 100 million per day, Gazprom announced. It is not immediately clear whether this is just a temporary reduction or a more permanent one.
However, Gazprom writes on the communication service Telegram that the pipeline "at present" can only deliver 100 million cubic meters per day. This may indicate that the capacity may be increased again at some point.
Nord Stream runs from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea. It consists of two parallel pipelines that run over 1,224 kilometers. Its capacity has been limited because the pipeline is missing parts that have been undergoing repairs at the company Siemens in Germany.
About a month ago, Gazprom stopped sending gas via a pipeline - the Yamal pipeline - through Poland. This was due to Russian sanctions against Western companies.
The pipeline can transport up to 33 billion cubic meters of gas from areas on the Russian Yamal Peninsula and Western Siberia through Belarus and Poland to Germany, according to the Reuters news agency.
At the end of April, energy giant Gazprom announced that Poland and Bulgaria would no longer receive gas from the pipeline. At the time, this was because the two countries would not pay for the gas in rubles.
Ritzau / Reuters
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