The Nord Stream gas pipeline has resumed gas transportation from Russia to Germany after scheduled maintenance work. According to the gas transmission operators, OPAL Gastransport and NEL Gastransport, the work of the gas pipeline has resumed exactly in accordance with the schedule of routine maintenance. The Nord Stream gas pipeline began operation in 2011. In
According to an analyst at the Swedish Energy Agency, Rebecka Bergholtz, there is great concern about the future of Europe’s natural gas supply, particularly once winter starts, as shortages are likely to keep existing, which will result in price volatility. Electricity prices throughout Sweden have reached record highs, peaking in the southern part of the
The Canadian government plans, in agreement with Germany, to withdraw the turbine for the Nord Stream gas pipeline from sanctions, the Ukrainian newspaper Evropeiskaya Pravda reports. According to the EP, the formal reason for lifting sanctions should be the argument that the return of the turbine will give Russia the technical opportunity to restore the
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, announced that the second line of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline will be filled with gas in the second half of December 2021. “By the end of this year, in the middle – at the end of December, the technological work on filling the second Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will
The procedure for filling the first line of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has been completed. The volume of filling with technical gas amounted to about 177 million cubic metres, which will provide pressure sufficient to start gas transportation in the future. On October 4, the Danish Energy Agency announced that the operator of
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be ready for commissioning in the coming days, according to the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak at the Russian Energy Week 2021 International Forum. “The construction of Nord Stream 2 has been completed. Pre-commissioning activities and pipeline technological gas packing are currently underway, and I think that
Nord Stream 2 AG has appealed to the Dusseldorf court against the decision on Nord Stream 2, according to which, the gas pipeline will not be exempt from the EU Gas Directive. The fact that became known only on Tuesday, October 5. In December 2019, the American side imposed sanctions on Nord Stream-2. However, later,
The first line of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline has begun to be filled with gas, according to the operator of the project. The company said that commissioning works were previously carried out to control the integrity of the pipeline, including an in-line inspection using special diagnostic devices. “On October 4, the procedure for filling
Many factors have led to the rise in gas prices in Europe, while Russia is fulfilling all its obligations under the existing contracts, as stated by the representative of the Ministry of Economy and Energy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Susanne Ungrad. Ungrad gave her statement commenting on the speculation in the media about
The USA claimed Russia must increase supplies of natural gas to Europe through Ukraine to hold rapidly increasing energy costs caused, according to the claim, by the launch of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline running from Russia to Europe across the Baltic Sea, RT reports. “The reality is there are pipelines with enough capacity through
Gas prices in Europe have risen 20 per cent since the start of trading on Wednesday. Another growth was recorded in the shares of Russian oil company Rosneft that set a record of 589.8 rubles ($8.12) at the Moscow Exchange after the reports about potential gas exports via the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Sputnik reports.
Years of economic sanctions and political efforts from Washington have come to nothing, and work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is now reaching the final stages, as stated by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, RT reports. Speaking at a meeting in St. Petersburg on Monday, the diplomat announced that final preparations are
Russian-Hungarian trade and economic relations do not create any significant obstacles that cannot be overcome through normal working discussions, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said in the interview to the Hungarian newspaper ‘Magyar Nemzet‘ on August 23, 2021. “Our formula for success has stood the test of time. It is based on healthy
