American media: Can Europe survive without Russia's natural gas?

Jimu Journalist Sun Yan

Intern Zeng Zheng

"Without Russia's natural gas, can Europe survive?" On July 26, the Associated Press published an article on this issue, focusing on the European natural gas issues again.

Related report screenshots (Source: Associated Press)

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On July 25, Russia's Natural Gas Industry Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Russian Qi") posted on social media that another turbine of the "Beixi-1" natural gas pipeline will be suspended for maintenance Starting at 7 o'clock, the daily supply of "Beixi-1" will drop to 33 million cubic meters.

Screenshots of related tweets (Source: Twitter)

In this regard, the Associated Press pointed out that 33 million cubic meters of daily supply of gas means that the natural gas through the pipeline is only 20%of the maximum gas volume.

It is worth noting that before, Russia, Canada, and Germany had argued around a Siemens turbine. According to reports, due to the influence of Canada's sanctions on Russia, Siemens was sent to Montreal, Canada for repair. A turbine was not sent back in time. The traffic decreased by 60%, and the daily gas supply was only 67 million cubic meters.

Earlier this month, the Canadian government finally decided to transport the turbine to Germany. According to the "Russia today" (RT), these turbine components are currently waiting to be shipped back to Russia.

From one turbine to another turbine, from 67 million cubic meters to 33 million cubic meters, the daily supply of "cutting" caused concerns about European countries.

On July 14, 2022, photographed in Germany (Source: Associated Press)

According to the "Guardian", after a few days of intense negotiations, EU member states reached an agreement on the 26th to take voluntary measures to reduce the demand for natural gas this winter by 15%to improve energy supply safety.

According to the report, according to the agreement, EU member states agreed to reduce the demand for natural gas by 15%from August this year to March next year. If the shortage of natural gas supply has occurred, EU countries can announce the emergency state of energy and take mandatory measures to reduce the demand for natural gas.

American officials: "This is our greatest fear"

The reduction of Russian qi also panic the United States. CNN quoted a U.S. officials as saying that the Bayeng government was "crazy work" behind the scenes, allowing the European Union to unite to "fight" Russia.

"This is our greatest fear." Said, senior adviser to the US State Department responsible for energy security, said. According to CNN, the official said that he would discuss an emergency plan with the United States and the United States Joint Energy Safety Working Group.

Related report screenshots (Source: CNN)

Hohstan said that the impact of Russian gas reduction on European supply may affect the United States, leading to soaring natural gas and electricity prices.

It is understood that in the next few days, it will also discuss the increase in European nuclear power output to make up for the shortage of natural gas. A U.S. official said in an interview that Germany plans to stop the use of nuclear power by the end of 2022, but U.S. officials still want to persuade the German authorities to extend the service life of the remaining three nuclear power plants in the energy crisis.

The Associated Press analyzed that the surge in energy prices could further promote inflation, which led to a decline in the European economy.

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