INDEFINITE SHUTDOWN: Russian energy giant misses deadline to restart gas flow to Europe
Defense Priorities senior fellow Lt. Col. Danny Davis tells 'Cavuto: Coast to Coast' it will be tough for the West to maintain unity in Ukraine once winter starts and energy prices rise.scrapped its Saturday deadline and indefinitely extended its gas cuts to Europe.
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.RUSSIA BURNS GAS AMID EUROPEAN SUPPLY SHORTAGES, ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER WARN OFFICIALSThe announcement came just hours before Gazprom was supposed to reopen the gates after it had shut down gas supplies late last month for "routine maintenance.
In a social media post Gazprom claimed it had identified "malfunctions" in a turbine and claimed the pipeline would not work unless these issues were corrected. 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’s highly contested war in Ukraine.
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.
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