{"id":1631863,"date":"2022-09-03T09:03:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T13:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1631863"},"modified":"2022-09-03T09:04:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T13:04:37","slug":"russian-energy-giant-indefinitely-shuts-gas-flow-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-energy-giant-indefinitely-shuts-gas-flow-to-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Energy Giant Indefinitely Shuts Gas Flow to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-energy-giant-indefinitely-shuts-gas-flow-to-europe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1631863&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Defense Priorities senior fellow Lt. Col. Danny Davis tells &#8216;Cavuto: Coast to Coast&#8217; it will be tough for the West to maintain unity in Ukraine once winter starts and energy prices rise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian energy giant Gazprom<\/a> scrapped its Saturday deadline and indefinitely extended its gas cuts to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The state owned energy company cited urgent maintenance was behind its reasoning Friday and did not provide a date when it intends to reopen the Nord Stream 1 Pipeline, which distributes natural gas to Europe through Germany.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the headquarters of Gazprom, in Moscow, June 27, 2014.<\/span><span> (Reuters\/Sergei Karpukhin \/ Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/russia-burns-gas-european-supply-shortages-environmental-disaster-warn-officials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RUSSIA BURNS GAS AMID EUROPEAN SUPPLY SHORTAGES, ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER WARN OFFICIALS<\/strong><\/a>]\n<p>The announcement came just hours before Gazprom was supposed to reopen the gates after it had shut down gas supplies late last month for &#8220;routine maintenance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post Gazprom claimed it had identified\u00a0&#8220;malfunctions&#8221; in a turbine and claimed the pipeline would not work unless these issues were corrected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the Friday evening announcement is just the latest in a series of measures taken by the company since June that has reduced gas flow to Europe amid Russia\u2019s highly contested war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1241433681.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>View of pipe systems and shut-off devices at the gas receiving station of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station, June 21, 2022.<\/span><span> (Stefan Sauer\/picture alliance via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/threat-energy-shortages-mount-moscow-stops-gas-supply-europe-3-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>THREAT OF ENERGY SHORTAGES MOUNT AS MOSCOW STOPS GAS SUPPLY TO EUROPE FOR 3 DAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Europe has accused Russia of using its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/fox-news-vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gas supplies as a political tool<\/a> as nations across the continent look to beef up their gas stockpiles and energy supplies ahead of the winter months.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has blamed sweeping international sanctions imposed over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/zelenskyy-says-ukraine-stable-energy-source-europe-winter-wont-easy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its war in Ukraine<\/a> as a leading factor in its inability to effectively maintain the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>In July Gazprom reportedly sent a 20-ton Siemens Energy turbine to Canada for repairs after it received a sanction waiver.<\/p>\n<p>But the German company, which manufactures the turbines, suggested the move was politically motivated and said, &#8220;Such leaks do not normally affect the operation of a turbine and can be sealed on site. It is a routine procedure within the scope of maintenance work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22202155144593.jpg\" alt=\"The Nord Stream 1 pipeline in Germany is pictured after it resumed pumping oil\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline is now pumping oil again after it was shutdown for 10 days due to maintenance.<\/span><span> (AP Photo\/Markus Schreiber \/ AP Newsroom)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foxbusiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have already pointed out several times that there are sufficient other turbines available at the Portovaya compressor station for Nord Stream 1 to operate,&#8221; Siemens Energy added in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have voiced increasing concern over what lower gas stockpiles and crippling inflation could mean for Europeans as they try to heat their homes this winter.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Priorities senior fellow Lt. 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