Germany receives less gas from Russia. A turbine required for the operation of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline has not yet been handed over by Siemens Energy, Gazprom explains the delay. The German company rejects this.
The company Siemens Energy has again denied the Russian claim that it was responsible for delays in the delivery of a key turbine to operate the Nord Stream 1 pipeline in the Baltic Sea. The transport of the turbine can start immediately, said a spokesman for Siemens Energy. All the necessary documents for the export are available. What is missing, however, are the necessary customs documents for imports into Russia. “This information cannot be provided by anyone other than Gazprom.”
The Russian gas group had previously stated that Siemens Energy had still not handed over the turbine and that the delay was Siemens Energy’s responsibility. “For us, the maintenance of the turbines is a routine process that has proven itself in practice for many years,” said Siemens Energy later in the evening. “We currently do not have access to the turbines on site and we have not received any damage reports from Gazprom so we have to assume that the turbines are operating normally.”
Any future maintenance work could also be facilitated. The Canadian government has already agreed that the turbines, which are serviced by Siemens Energy in Montreal, can be transported from Canada to Germany.
Russia has been delivering far less gas through the pipeline than is technically possible for a long time. Problems with the turbine are cited as a reason. Politicians in Germany, however, consider this an advanced argument and see the throttling of deliveries as politically wanted by Russia – as a tit-for-tat for the sanctions imposed by the West because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.