In an interview with the agency, Gabek said that the turbine should be returned within a few days. This, he believes, will deprive Russian President Vladimir Putin of “excuses” in the matter of reducing fuel supplies through the gas pipeline.
RAO “Gazprom” on June 16 announced a 60% reduction in the volume of gas pumped to Europe through Nord Stream. There explained it “untimely return of gas pumping units from repair by Siemens”.
According to the German minister, he will be the first to fight for the next tough package of EU sanctions against Russia, but strong sanctions “should harm Russia and Putin more” than the German economy.
Filled storage facilities in Germany, he explained, are important not only for the German market, but for the whole of Europe, the agency writes.
He offered to mediate the return of the equipment: if Canada did not want to deliver it directly to Russia, it could transfer it to Germany. At the same time, Gabek clarified that he does this “with a heavy heart,” Bloomberg notes.
On June 14 and 15, the Russian Gazprom twice announced a reduction in the volume of gas pumped to Europe through the Nord Stream pipeline – from June 16 up to 67 million m³ per day. They are explained it “untimely return of gas pumping units from repair by Siemens, exhaustion of the overhaul life of the gas compressor unit and identified technical malfunctions of the engines.”
June 29, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens Energy Joe Kaeser in an interview with a German newspaper Southgerman newspaper said that considers Russia’s allegations unfounded. He noted that even if delays in equipment repairs had affected gas supplies, the reduction in volumes would not have been so significant, and added that “it is very convenient to involve a company that is well known in Russia in this matter.”
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