Turbine for Nord Stream has not yet been sent from Germany to Russia

The turbine for the Nord Stream gas pipeline is still in Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to inspect it on August 3, informed n-tv channel with a link to the message Siemens energy.

Scholz will do this during a visit to the Siemens Energy plant in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

In mid-June “Gazprom” reduced supplies via Nord Stream by up to 40%, as the German Siemens did not return the turbine in time after repair in Canada due to sanctions. As a result of negotiations between Germany and Canada, the latter agreed to send the equipment to Germany and then to Russia. July 25″Gazprom” confirmed that he had received documents for the turbine from Siemens.

But already on July 27, Russian gas supplies to Europe via Nord Stream dropped to 20% of the maximum level. This happened because “Gazprom» decommissioned another gas turbine engine at the Portovaya compressor station. The company explained that the equipment has expired the time between overhauls before overhaul.

Deputy head of Gazprom Vitaly Markelov July 29 informedthat the supply of a turbine for the Nord Stream pipeline from Canada to Germany instead of Russia does not comply with the contract. The company again contacted Siemens to clarify the situation with the repair of turbines for the gas pipeline and plans to publish part of the correspondence with the German company about the problems with the turbines. On July 30, part of the correspondence was published.

According to Markelov, Siemens eliminated no more than a quarter of all turbine failures. He also called the partners’ accusations of a deliberate reduction in supplies unfounded: it was caused by the failure to fulfill obligations to repair equipment.