Russian Qi: Another turbine of the "Beixi-1" pipeline will be suspended, and the supply of natural gas will be halved

According to today's Russian TV (RT) reported on July 25, Russia's Natural Gas Industry Co., Ltd. (Russia) issued a statement on Monday saying that the "Beixi-1" natural gas pipeline "Poltova" gas station It will be forced to stop running. The statement said that starting from 7 am on July 27th in Moscow, the natural gas supply through the pipeline will not exceed 33 million cubic meters per day. Russia's "Businessman" pointed out that this is equivalent to 20%of the pipeline transportation capacity, and it is equivalent to half of the current gas supply of 67 million cubic meters.

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The Russian Qi Company's statement stated that the decision of the shutdown turbine was based on its technical conditions and the end of the maintenance interval, and the equipment was about to be maintained.

According to the Associated Press, the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Germany issued a statement saying "We are communicating closely with the German Federal Network Bureau and the Natural Gas Crisis Group, and are paying close attention to the situation. According to our information, reducing the transfer of transportation does not exist in technical reasons. ","

The "Businessman" states that the "Poltova" air station is equipped with 9 Siemens turbines, including 6 SGT-A65 turbines and 3 SGT-A35 turbines. The normal operation of this pressure station usually requires 6 turbines, 5 work at the same time, and one at any time is available at any time. At present, there are only 2 left to work. Russia has not yet approved further maintenance, and the maintenance time of a turbine is about 3 months. The Canadian government's current license allows Siemens to receive 5 turbines for repair by the end of 2024.

The United States "Politico) reported that due to the news, the price of the European benchmark TTF natural gas rose slightly, from 168 euros/MWh to 176 euros/MWh.

The Associated Press said that in response to the incident, the German Federal Economic Minister Robert Habeck told the German News Agency that "Putin is playing a game of rejection. Made in division in society. For this reason, he stirred uncertainty and pushed up the price. We are dealing with this situation with unity and centralized actions. "

Ukrainian President Zelezzky accused Russia's "a public natural gas war" in Europe's "in the evening video speech, and also said that the reduction of natural gas supply was" a form of terrorism. "

RT reports that Russia, Canada, and Germany have recently argued around a Siemens turbine. Siemens said that the turbine was sent to Canada for maintenance, but it was unable to be returned due to Canada's sanctions on Russia. According to the Russian gas company, the turbine components have been delayed to return or last month that the natural gas flow to Germany was forced to decrease by 60%. Canada finally agreed to transport the turbine components to Germany. At present, these components are waiting to be shipped back to Russia. According to the Business News, Russia said on Monday that it has received documents on turbine from Canada and Siemens, but the documents have not clarified issues related to sanctions, that is, Russia hopes that the European Union promises to cancel the transit of transit for Russia to Russia. The sanctions of the turbine and the European Commission formally explained the matter.

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