Sanctions against Moscow, which have delayed the reopening of the Stream-1 rolling pipeline, have reduced gas transmission capacity to Europe.

According to Reuters, Gazprom and Siemens Energy announced that the capacity to transport Russian gas to Europe via the Stream-1 rolling pipeline has been somewhat limited because sanctions have made it impossible for Siemens Energy to return a turbine under repair in Canada as a supplier of equipment. Is.

Gazprom announced on Tuesday that it had reduced gas supplies to Germany through the Rolling Stream-1 submarine pipeline to 100 million cubic meters per day due to delays in returning equipment needed for repairs to Canada. It used to be 167 million cubic meters.

These conditions limit the supply of Russian gas to Europe on this important route, while Germany, the eurozone’s largest economy, has questioned Moscow’s confidence as an energy supplier and is seeking alternative sources.

Gazprom no longer exports gas to the Green Continent with the western part of the Yamal-Europe pipeline following Russian sanctions against European-owned gas Europol, but gas continues to flow through the eastern part of the pipeline from Germany to Poland.

Due to delays in the return of gas compressor units from Siemens Energy and technical defects of the turbines, only three gas compressor units can now operate at the Portovaya compression station, Gazprom said.

Siemens Energy, which split from its parent company Siemens in 2020, said in a statement that it had supplied gas turbines to the Stream-1 rolling pipeline compressor station in 2009.

According to the company, these turbines are made in Canada and must be sent there for regular maintenance, and one of the turbines is currently undergoing major repairs in Montreal.

Siemens Energy said that due to sanctions imposed by Canada, Siemens Energy could no longer deliver gas turbines that had been repaired to the customer.

The company continued: “In this regard, we have informed the governments of Canada and Germany and we are finding a suitable solution.”

Last month, Kiev separately cut off Russian gas supplies to Europe through one of two transit points and cut off a third of Russian gas supplies to Europe from Ukraine.

The volume of gas transmission through the Stream-1 rolling pipeline on Tuesday (June 24) from 12 o’clock Greenwich Mean Time increased from about 52 million kWh to about 41 million kWh (kWh) per hour.