Tag: Gas transit
Construction of Nord Stream 2 was redundant
The parliamentary review of the background to the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has picked up speed. The “Climate Foundation” investigative committee in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania met in public for…
EU Commission asks industry about potential savings
Ursula von der Leyen The authority of Commission President von der Leyen asks about energy saving potential using an Excel spreadsheet. (Photo: ddp/abaca press) Berlin With its goal of reducing…
Ukraine calls for sanctions on Nord Stream 1 pipeline
Nord Stream 1 terminus in Lubmin The threatened gas boycott is just one of the counter-sanctions that the Kremlin has prepared. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Ukraine is in favor of embargoing…
Will Nord Stream 2 become a ticking time bomb?
Pipeline landing station in Lubmin in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Nobody feels responsible for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline anymore. (Photo: Paul-Langrock.de) Berlin After the sanctions were imposed on Russia…
Transit of Russian natural gas through Ukraine is at record levels
Gas pipeline in Ukraine In the days and weeks leading up to February 25, Russia had only partially used the booked transit capacity. (Photo: AP) Berlin Since the beginning of…
Nord Stream 2 causes a fight at the traffic lights
Info box from Nord Stream 2 in Lubmin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Berlin The new federal government is coming under pressure in the face of a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine because…
Prospects for additional gas deliveries are increasing
Berlin It sounded like a signal of détente: Russian President Vladimir Putin recently announced that the Russian Gazprom group would be sending more natural gas to Europe in November. In…
Is Russia turning the gas tap to force Nord Stream 2 to go into operation?
Berlin For Oliver Krischer, the matter is clear: “Gazprom and Putin have cut gas deliveries to the west in order to put the unnecessary Nord Stream 2 pipeline into operation…