The European Union is well prepared for the possible complete end of gas supplies. Such a statement made on Saturday, September 3, the European Commissioner for Economics Paolo Gentloni in the fields of the Economic Forum in the Italian city of Chernobbio. It is reported by Deutsche Welle.
“We are not afraid of Putin’s decisions,” he said, adding that the EU requires compliance with the contracts and otherwise “is ready to respond.”
According to the European Commissioner, “thanks to the diversification of supplies” gas storage facilities in the EU are now filled by about 80 percent. In Germany, the level of filling of gas storages, according to the data on the morning of September 3, is 84.53 percent.
The Russian concern Gazprom on August 31 stopped supplying gas to Germany on the North Stream gas pipeline due to the planned maintenance at the Portovaya compressor station. It was planned that the pumping will resume on September 3. However, in the evening of September 2, the Russian company said that during the regulatory work on the gas -skitting unit Trent 60, a leak of oil was discovered. After that, the Rostekhnadzor of the Russian Federation sent Gazprom a warning, indicating that under such conditions, the trouble -free operation of the gas turbine engine is impossible. As a result, the gas pumping through the Nord Stream decided not to resume until the disgrace is eliminated. According to Gazprom, Siemens and specialists of Siemens.
Meanwhile, in the Siemens Energy itself, they calculated the leakage of oil with a far -fetched pretext for refusing to resume gas supplies by Nord Stream. On the same day, September 2, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Lyain spoke for the introduction of a fixed maximum price in the EU – the so -called price ceiling.