Siemens Energy called "simply not true" the words of "Gazprom" about the turbine

There are no European sanctions against the turbine for Nord Stream, despite the fact that Gazprom claims the opposite, Siemens Energy said. German Chancellor Scholz said,

The turbine for the Nord Stream gas pipeline is located in Germany, Gazprom's statements about problems with its transportation to Russia due to restrictions from the EU, Canada and the UK are not reliable, a representative of Siemens Energy told RBC.

“Everything that could be said about this has been said, yesterday even the German Chancellor was there and spoke, there is nothing more to say. <...> There are no sanctions against the turbine in the EU, this is simply not true,” he said.

The Russian side on a daily basis calls "some other reasons" because of which the turbine cannot be accepted by Gazprom, emphasized Siemens Energy. The company indicated that if Russia really wanted to receive the equipment, then this would have already happened.

RBC sent a request to a representative of Gazprom.

Scholz saw no obstacles to sending Nord Stream turbines to Russia Politics

The day before, on August 3, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, together with the head of Siemens Energy, Christian Bruch, visited the plant in Mülheim an der Ruhr, where the turbine for Nord Stream is located. The latter pointed out that for transportation to Russia, the desire and participation of Gazprom is necessary, while this is not the case. Bruch noted that the company is "highly interested" in handing over the turbine.

Scholz confirmed that the turbine could be transported without problems at any time, for this only the participation of the Russian side is necessary. According to him, Gazprom must provide the necessary information for customs clearance, all other permits are available: from Germany, the European Union, Great Britain and Canada.

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"She is here. She's ready to go. And by the way, in the world we live in today, it is very easy to transport it. You just need to say: “Please send it,” the German Chancellor stressed.

However, on the same evening, Gazprom announced the impossibility of transporting the turbine to Russia due to the “sanction regimes of Canada, the EU, the UK” and Siemens Energy’s non-compliance with contractual obligations.

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According to Reuters, Canada sent the turbine to Cologne about three weeks ago on July 17, but it got stuck in Germany because Moscow did not issue an official permit for its import.

This data was rejected in the Kremlin, calling it "complete stupidity." “Siemens knows very well where this turbine is installed. That is, this is just an absurd message from sources, ”said Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian president. He recalled the words of Vladimir Putin, who said that Russia itself has not yet received the necessary legal and technical documentation for the import of equipment for the Nord Stream. “We must understand that Gazprom takes what condition the car came in and what is its legal status: is it under sanctions, not under sanctions? What to do with her? Tomorrow, maybe they will take her away, ”said the president.

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The turbine was being repaired in Canada, after which its export was difficult due to sanctions against Russia. After a request from Germany, the Canadian authorities agreed to send the equipment, which drew criticism from Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky called the decision a "dangerous concession." At the same time, Scholz considered that Canada revealed the “Kremlin's bluff”, depriving Russia of a reason to cut gas supplies.

The lack of a turbine in Gazprom explained the reduction in gas supplies to Germany via Nord Stream. First, fuel pumping fell from 167 million to 100 million cubic meters. m of gas per day, then another third. Gazprom also suspended pumping for two weeks due to preventive maintenance, resuming it in the same volume as before maintenance. At the end of July, gas pumping decreased to 35 million cubic meters. m per day, which amounted to 20% of the design capacity of the gas pipeline.

The German authorities and Siemens Energy management consider political motives, not technical conditions, to be the reasons for this trend. “Even if it were, it would never justify such a large reduction in gas flow,” said Siemens Energy CEO Joe Käser. Berlin assumed that the shortage of gas threatened to suspend all market processes in Germany, which would be a disaster for the country. The Russian authorities denied these accusations.

According to Bloomberg, Moscow intends to keep gas supplies to Europe at a minimum level to increase pressure in response to sanctions .

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