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Nord Stream AG-We Will Not Carry Out Portovaya Maintenance: RTRS

NATURAL GAS

RTRS carrying comments from Nord Stream AG, the consortium that constructed and operates the Nord Stream I f gas pipeline:

  • Nord Stream AG: Three-day maintenance at Portovaya compressor station announced by Gazporom will not be carried out by Nord Stream AG.
  • Nord Stream AG: Portovaya compressor station lies outside the area of responsibility of Nord Stream AG.
Russian gas giant Gazprom announced on Friday 19 August that "On August 31, 2022, the only gas compressor unit that is currently in operation, Trent 60 will be shut down for a three-day servicing and preventive maintenance period".
  • There remains significant concern in European capitals that the maintenance period, set to be conducted by Russian actors given Nord Stream AG seemingly washing its' hands of the issue, could extend well beyond the three-day period announced by Gazprom. In recent months, maintenance periods have been seen by European gov'ts as an attempt by Moscow to put pressure on them to loosen sanctions or risk energy shortages come winter.

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