Gazprom’s shock to Europe; The possibility of a 60% increase in the price of gas.
The Russian company “Gazprom” warned that the prices may increase by sixty percent more than the current level by winter.
On Tuesday, he warned that based on conservative estimates, prices may increase by 60% more than the current level by winter.
According to “Politico” website, the European Commission wants the European Union to end its reliance on Russian gas as soon as possible.
According to this report, the export of Russian gas to Europe through the “Nordstream-1” pipeline is currently running at 20% capacity, and Gazprom stated that the reason for the decrease in its exports was the removal of two pressure boosting turbines.
One of these turbines, manufactured by “Siemens” company, was sent to Montreal, Canada for repair, but Canada refused to return this turbine for a long time under the pretext of sanctions against Russia, but finally, under German pressure, it agreed to return this turbine for a few days. Later, Gazprom announced that another turbine was out of order.
According to Politico, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gehrstor said in a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Schultz on Monday that his country’s energy sector, instead of injecting gas into fields, prioritizes sending as much gas as possible to Europe to reduce Russian strikes. has it.
Gas futures hit a new high of 234.50 euros per megawatt-hour on Tuesday as Europe braces for a possible Russian gas cut and countries race to fill underground gas storage before winter, the news source wrote.
This report indicates that the crisis of lack of gas and energy carriers in Europe, whose main supplier is Russia, has become the most important concern of European countries.
