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Kremlin-controlled energy giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM)<\/a>said on Wednesday it could not guarantee the safe operation of a critical part of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline because of doubt over the return of a turbine from Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottawa at the weekend said it had issued a permit to allow the return of the turbine for Nord Stream 1’s Portovaya compressor station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Gazprom does not have a single document that allows Siemens\u00a0(ENR1n.DE)<\/a>\u00a0to bring back a gas turbine engine from Canada… for the Portovaya (station),” Gazprom said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In these circumstances, it is not possible to draw an objective conclusion about the further development of the situation on ensuring the safe operation of the Portovaya, which is a critical facility for the Nord Stream gas pipeline.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German economy ministry declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We do not comment on Gazprom’s statements,” a spokesperson for the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada’s weekend announcement said it was issuing a “time-limited and revocable permit” to exempt the return of the equipment from its Russian sanctions and also announced new measures in response to what Moscow calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Siemens Energy spokesperson said on Wednesday its experts were “working intensively on all other formal approvals and logistics” following the political first step from Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“These are processes that are subject to export and import controls. Our goal is to transport the turbine to its place of use as quickly as possible,” it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine’s energy and foreign ministries had urged Canada to reverse its decision that they said amounted to adjusting the sanctions imposed on Moscow “to the whims of Russia”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group representing the Canadian-Ukrainian diaspora also said on Tuesday it was seeking a judicial review of the Canadian government’s decision as it sought to try to stop the turbine being returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Russia cut gas flows to 40% of Nord Stream 1’s total capacity, citing the delayed return of the turbine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With annual capacity of more than 55 billion cubic metres, the pipeline is expected to stay idle until July 21 during 10 days of annual maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Europe fears Russia could extend the scheduled maintenance to restrict European gas supply further, throwing plans to fill storage for winter into disarray and heightening a gas crisis that has prompted emergency measures from governments and painfully high bills for consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporting by Reuters bureaux and Tom Kaeckenhof; editing by David Evans and Barbara Lewis<\/p>\n

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