at least one large energy company of Europe received a letter from Gazprom with an announcement of the impossibility of fulfilling fuel supply due to force majeure, reports Reuters.
The letter is dated July 14. A source of the agency claims that we are talking about a company from Germany and concerns the supply of North Stream gas pipeline. It is noted that non -fulfillment of obligations has been announced from June 14, when the Russian company began to sharply reduce pumping.
The reason for such actions in Gazprom was called the lack of equipment for the Portovaya compressor station. The head of the company Alexei Miller claimed that it is impossible to replace the gas turbine engine from Siemens and Russia cannot fix it on its own.
The situation was complicated by the fact that the turbine given for repairs was on the territory of Canada, from where its export was prohibited by sanctions. During the negotiations, the German authorities managed to resolve the situation, and the turbine will return to Russia, but the issue of repairing other turbines is preserved.