21.07.2022, 09:49
Nord Stream accelerated to 40% of maximum capacity
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The operator Nord Stream AG reported that gas supplies via Nord Stream had reached the level of 40% of the maximum capacity. The pumping of energy resources through the gas pipeline was resumed after maintenance on July 21 at 7:00 Moscow time.
In the first hour of operation after the restart of Nord Stream, 2 million cubic meters were pumped, in the second - 2.8 million cubic meters. m, which in terms of the daily volume is approximately 40% of the nominal capacity of the gas pipeline (160 million cubic meters per day).
On July 11, Gazprom
suspended gas supplies via Nord Stream for ten days to carry out maintenance activities on the gas pipeline. Earlier, the company reduced the volume of gas pumped through Nord Stream to 40% of its nominal capacity, which corresponds to 67 million cubic meters per day. Reuters, citing its sources, previously
reported that after the maintenance of the gas pipeline, energy exports will resume to a limited extent and "will return to the levels that were before July 11."
About Europe's fears about the termination of supplies through the Nord Stream - in the material "Kommersant" "Gas in a teaspoon" .