After President Vladimir Putin warned that Russian gas and oil sent to Europe could be further reduced and even stopped, the European Union this week called on member states to cut gas use by 15 percent by March. After a 10-day shutdown for annual maintenance, supplies via the Nord Stream …
Read More »Iran’s NIOC, Russia’s Gazprom Strike $40b MoU
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Russia’s Gazprom signed a memorandum of understanding worth roughly 40 billion dollars. The document was signed during an online ceremony on Tuesday by NIOC CEO Mohsen Khojastehmehr and Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee. The development of Kish and North …
Read More »Germany again Rejects Russian Explanation for Gas Supply Cut
The German government said Monday that a turbine at the centre of uncertainty about future gas deliveries through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe was only supposed to be installed in September, underlining its insistence that there should be no technical obstacle to the gas flow. Meanwhile, Germany’s biggest …
Read More »Gazprom Tells European Buyers it cannot Ensure Gas Supplies
Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom has told European buyers it may not be able to continue sending gas because of “extraordinary circumstances,” according to an exclusive report by Reuters, raising fears that the ongoing annual maintenance of a key pipeline might extend beyond Thursday, the day it is expected to …
Read More »Gazprom Declares Force Majeure on some European Gas Supplies
Gazprom has declared force majeure on gas supplies to Europe to at least one major customer, according to a letter from the Russian energy firm. Dated July 14, the legal force of the letter is to shield Gazprom from compensation payments for disrupted supplies. The letter said Gazprom, which has …
Read More »Gazprom Asks Siemens to Provide Papers on Gas Turbine Return
Russia’s Gazprom has announced it has requested Siemens for documents that will allow the return of a gas turbine that is a “crucial part” of the Nord Stream pipeline. In a statement, the energy giant said: “On 15th July Gazprom formally approached Siemens with a request to provide documents that, …
Read More »Gazprom Asks Siemens for Turbine Repaired in Canada
Russian energy giant Gazprom said Saturday it had asked German group Siemens to return a turbine it has repaired in Canada to ensure the Nord Stream pipeline delivering gas to Europe works. Gazprom started 10 days of maintenance on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline on Monday, with the European Union …
Read More »Russia Looks to Expand its Domestic Natural Gas Network
Russia is capable of manufacturing by itself all the equipment necessary for expanding its domestic gasification network, Russian Trade and Industry Minister Denis Manturov said on Friday. “We will be able to provide ourselves all the technological equipment and piping for the gasification of the whole country,” the minister said …
Read More »Trudeau: Decision to Return Russian Gas Turbine was “very Difficult”
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the sanctions exception it made to return Russia’s repaired gas turbine was a “very difficult” decision to make, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Canada said over the weekend that it had provided a “time-limited and revocable permit” to return the turbine to Gazprom for …
Read More »Gazprom Cuts Italy’s Daily Gas Supplies by a Third as Works Begin
Russian gas giant Gazprom reduced its daily gas supplies by a third Italian energy giant Eni reported after the Nord Stream 1 pipeline in Germany entered its first day of maintenance. Instead of supplying about 32 million cubic metres (bcm), the Russian company delivered only 21 million cubic metres on …
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