Germany fears Russia gas cut may become permanent

[JustJohn or JJ]

Germany fears Russia gas cut may become permanent

Russian gas firm Gazprom is scheduled to switch off its largest natural gas pipeline running to Germany for annual maintenance. The question is whether Russia will switch it back on. Officials in Germany and across the EU are warning utilities and companies to brace for a possible complete stop to gas flows even after the 10-day repair-period. They fear Russia will use maintenance as a pre-text. Moscow has already reduced flows into Germany in recent weeks, cutting back supply to 40 percent of normal levels while citing repair needs.

Karl, what's your take on this? Any options available?

[JustJohn or JJ]

[karl]

J.J.

Your question is an honest and objective question if the Russian earth gas line is shut off permanently. For every issue, there is a solution. In this case if the situation actually unfolds and currently is not standing but only tongue in cheek supposition.


Or, there currently is a number of ship outs from the American national petroleum reserves being delivered to China and Europe through the Netherlands, perhaps this would be exchanged for LPG be accessed in short future. Or, perhaps my self am speaking out of turn if perhaps the American President wishes this not to be made public... If not, there are always other avenues to pursue.

A much more professional reply as follows:

voxeu.org/article/what-if-germany-cut-russian-energy#:~:text=If%20it%20is%20cut%20off%20from%20Russian%20energy,from%20Russia%20are%20by%20imports%20from%20other%20suppliers.


karl

[JustJohn or JJ]

Russia's energy company Gazprom has invoked force majeure for its failure to deliver contractually agreed natural-gas shipments in recent weeks. This is raising concerns that it could use the same argument to turn off the tap to Europe later this week instead of resuming gas flows to the continent this Friday as previously scheduled. Gazprom stopped deliveries last week via the Nord Stream 1, as the pipeline is undergoing annual maintenance, a routine procedure.

[Jaga]

I think Europe need to be more prepared for the existence without Russian petroleum. Poles rely on black coal way too much, they did not develop other alternative energies. Germans stopped their nuclear power. Norway cannot produce so much petroleum that it would satisfy all the other countries.

[pieter]

Jaga,

They should explore new European gas fields in the North sea. The Netherlands has gas in Groningen. Europe wants Israeli gas from the Eastern Mediterannian sea, and oil (petrol) from Qatar 🇶🇦 , Saoudi-Arabia M’n and other oil countries.

North Sea oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid petroleum and natural gas, produced from petroleum reservoirs beneath the North Sea.

Cheers,
Pieter

[JustJohn or JJ]

EU told to prepare for Russian gas shut-off

By Tom Espiner
Business reporter, BBC News
51 minutes ago

The European Commission has urged countries across the bloc to cut their gas use by 15% from August to March amid fears Russia could halt supplies.

[karl]

Fear is contagious, as exampled by recent events covering actions initiated by Putens Russia. There most always will lay solutions, it is thinking outside of the box though. For this reason, the situations must be attended to by those that think in the stead of being part of the sheep.



July 20 (Reuters) - The European Union has set out emergency plans for countries to cut their gas use by 15% until March, warning them that without deep reductions they could struggle for fuel during winter if Russia halts supply. read more

Gas deliveries are due to restart through Russia's Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany on Thursday, after annual maintenance. Sources told Reuters that flows would likely resume, despite some governments' fears they would not, but at below full capacity. read more

The European Union has rules to prevent and respond to a disruption in gas supplies. It sets out three levels of crisis: an early warning, alert and emergency. Member states are required to have plans in place for how they would manage the impact of a supply disruption at the three crisis levels.

Eleven EU countries have activated the first step in gas supply alert levels: Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Sweden, while Germany has activated stage two.

Following is a summary of actions by some European governments (in alphabetical order):

AUSTRIA
Austria, which gets around 80% of its gas from Russia, has activated the first step of a three-stage emergency plan. It will order industry and utilities to make plants run on alternatives to natural gas where possible.

BULGARIA
The country, which meets over 90% of its gas needs from Russia, has agreed to purchase U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) and has stepped up talks with Azerbaijan to increase gas deliveries.

CZECH REPUBLIC
The government has backed a bill that would allow the ministry to put in place measures to prevent an emergency in the heating sector and could allow coal-fired plants that are set to be shut down next year due to breaching emission limits to continue to operate.

DENMARK
Denmark's energy agency has activated the first step of a three-stage emergency gas supply plan and has urged consumers and companies to reduce consumption.

FINLAND
Finland and the Baltic states will postpone summer maintenance on a major gas pipeline to help secure supplies.

FRANCE
France is working on contingency plans for cuts to Russian gas flows as top bosses at energy companies urge individuals and businesses to reduce power use. read more

www.reuters.com/business/energy/exclusive-russia-seen-restarting-gas-exports-nord-stream-1-schedule-2022-07-19/


Karl

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