The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is destroyed and most likely will never be used. The German government believes that the damage to the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline makes its operation impossible, reported DW. “The act of sabotage with powerful explosions likely had negative c... #LeifEricHolm #nordstream2 #NordStream2sabotage
Russia might attack Ukraine’s GTS to launch Nord Stream 2. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes Russia may strike the Ukrainian gas transportation system and demand that Europe launch Nord Stream 2. The president believes Russia will commit a terrorist atta... #nordstream2 #UkraineGTS #Zelenskyy
NATO calls the damage to the Nord Stream pipelines sabotage. NATO believes that the damage to the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea is the result of deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible acts of sabotage. In its statement, the al... #EnergyDiversion #GasPipelineDestruction #NordStream #nordstream2
Germany has confirmed that the possibility of launching Nord Stream-2 has been ruled out. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the German government are not even considering the possibility of putting the Nord Stream 2 pipeline into operation. This was stated by the German federal government ... #NordStream_2willnotlaunch #nordstream2
Germany will not accept gas through Nord Stream 2. The German government has rejected speculation that it may activate the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany to compensate for gas flow reduction through Ukraine, stated the press secreta... #AnnikaEingorn #EUenergy #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianOilEmbargo
The German unit of Nord Stream 2 may be liquidated. A German division of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline said Thursday that it is likely to be shut down after the German government suspended certification of the project last week in response to R... #nordstream2 #NordStream2Bancruptcy #NordStream2collapse
Nord Stream 2 pipeline files for bankruptcy after firing all its staff. Nord Stream 2 AG, the Swiss company that owns the new Baltic Sea pipeline to Russia, appears to be facing bankruptcy. The employment contracts of more than 140 employees have already been terminated.... #nordstream2 #NordStream2Bancruptcy
Germany suspends certification of Nord Stream 2. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that he had ordered the withdrawal of a key document needed for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline certification. “The situation today looks fundamentally differ... #nordstream2 #NordStream2suspended #OlafScholz #OlafSholzSuspendedCertification
If Russia starts the war against Ukraine, Nord Stream 2 will not work. The head of European Diplomacy, Josep Borrell, stated that in the event of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline will not be put into operation, reported the Guardian. He ... #JosepBorrell #nordstream2 #RussianAgression
If Russia invades Ukraine, there will be no Nord Stream 2. Speaking at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Biden said, “If Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine, again, then there will be no longer a... #JoeBidenonNordStream2 #nordstream2 #RussianAgression
Ukraine to join Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline certification. Ukraine will participate in the Russian Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline certification. This was emphasized by the Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Galushchenko at a briefing in Brussels on January 20. ... #EUgas #nordstream2 #NordStreamCertification
Nord Stream 2 will not transmit natural gas if Russia invades Ukraine, stated the US State Department spokesman Ned Price for npr.org. Currently, gas is not flowing through Nord Stream 2, which is crucial because it means that Nord Stream 2 is not operational. It is lev... #nordstream2 #NordStreamCertification #RussianAgression #RussianPipeline
The registration of the subsidiary company of Nord Stream 2 AG in Germany is manipulative. Chairman of Naftogaz Yuriy Vitrenko called Nord Stream 2 AG’s registration of a subsidiary, Gas for Europe GmbH, in Germany a “manipulation” and a “desire to be above the law.... #GasforEuropeGmbH #NaftogazCEO #nordstream2 #YuriVItrenko
German Economy Minister calls Nord Stream 2 geopolitical mistake. The question remains whether the Russian gas pipeline will be put into operation. “Except for Germany and Austria, all European countries have always been against it. Now the gas pipeline has been bui... #GermanEconomyMinister #nordstream2
New German government to halt Nord Stream 2 if Russia invades Ukraine. The new coalition, led by Scholz, includes members of the Green Party who have long opposed the pipeline. The Foreign Ministry is now headed by their representative, Annalena Baerbock. The new German ... #nordstream2 #OlafScholz
Germany wants gas transit through Ukraine for the next 5-10 years. It is working to extend gas transit from Russia to the European Union through Ukraine for at least five years, said German Ambassador to Ukraine Anka Feldguzen. “We are already working to extend this ... #AnkaFeldguzen #GasThroughUkraine #GasTransit #nordstream2
Nord Stream 2 will be launched without certification might be possible. According to reports in the German newspaper, Handelsblatt, the gas pipeline may start operating without certification. This scenario was played out with German projects NEL and EGL 401. However, in t... #nordstream2 #NordStreamLaunch2 #RussianGasPipeline
Ukraine will lose $1.2 bln in gas transit revenues from the launch of NordStream-2. The estimate was made by the IMF to 2026, as long as the current transit contract with Gazprom is in force. Over the past five years, Ukraine has received an average of just over $ 2.5 bln a year in r... #GasTransit #nordstream2 #Ukrainegastransit
US to impose new sanctions on Nord Stream 2. The announcement was made in a statement by the Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken. The State Department had submitted a report to the US Congress listing two ships and the Russian-related company Tr... #nordstream2 #NordStream2sanctions #USsanctionsforNordStream2
European Commission ready to consult with Ukraine on Nord Stream-2 certification. Ukraine is in the process of preparing its opinion on the draft decision of the German Federal Network Agency Bundesnetzagentur on the certification of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline. It was stated by... #nordstream2 #NordStream2Certification
Gazprom does not currently plan to increase gas supplies to the European Union. According to the results of capacity allocation auctions, Russia’s Gazprom does not intend to increase gas supplies to the EU until at least the second quarter of 2022, the General Director of t... #Gasprom #GasSuppliestoEU #GazpromGasSupplies #nordstream2
Germany’s energy regulator has suspended the certification of Nord Stream 2. The approval process for the pipeline which will bring gas into Europe has been thrown a new roadblock to the contentious project, and drove up regional gas prices, reported Reuters. The reason that t... #nordstream2 #NordStream2Certification #NordStream2Delay
Naftogaz will participate in the certification of Nord Stream-2. The German energy regulator BNetzA has allowed Naftogaz Ukraine to take part in the certification of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline operator. This was announced by the CEO, Yuri Vitrenko. “The regulat... #NaftogazParticipationinCertification #NaftogazUkraine #nordstream2 #NordStream2Certification
The German Greens party’s opposition to the launch of Nord Stream-2. The co-chair of the German Green Party, Robert Habeck, spoke out against the rush to certify Nord Stream 2, saying “It was only possible if it complied with all European rules, not because of Kremlin ... #GermanyandNordstream2 #nordstream2 #NordStream2Certification
The launch of Nord Stream-2 may be delayed until May 2022, reported Bloomberg. “If regulators want to use all the time allotted for the project, it can be approved no earlier than May 8, 2022”, the agency said. Earlier, Russian officials said that the Nord St... #LaunchofNordStream2 #nordstream2 #NordStream2Certification #Nordstream2launch
Ukraine has the right to demand compensation from its European neighbors if the Russian Federation stops gas transit. This statement was announced by a member of the Head of the European Parliament delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Andrius Kubilius. “Ukraine has the legal right to demand some kind of... #AndriusKubilius #GasTransit #nordstream2 #UkraineGasTransitCountry
Nord Stream 2 AG has appealed against a German court ruling on an exemption from the EU gas directive. On May 15, 2020, the Federal Network Agency rejected Nord Stream 2 AG’s application for a derogation from the rules of the EU Gas Directive, which was amended in 2019. Nord Stream 2 AG claims th... #Gasprom #nordstream2 #RussianPipeline
GTS Ukraine operator has applied for participation in the process of certification of the Nord Stream-2 operator. On Wednesday, October 20, it submitted an application to the German energy regulator (Bundesnetzagentur) to participate in the certification procedure of Nord Stream-2 AG. “We continue to strong... #nordstream2 #NordStream2Certification #UkraineGTS
Naftogaz applied to participate in the certification of the Nord Stream 2, said the company in a press release. The Russian financed pipeline is designed to increase Europe’s reliance on its gas, and weaken European energy security and competitive gas markets. “Our request f... #Naftogaz #nordstream2 #NordStream2Certification
Only permission from Germany is required to launch Nord Stream 2. Speaking during an interview with the BBC, the Russian Ambassador to Britain, Andrei Kell, said that the Nord Stream 2 project awaits permission from Germany to launch the project. Michael McCall, a s... #GermanyandNordstream2 #nordstream2 #NordStream2Certification #Nordstream2launch
The EU’s third energy package should be fully applied to Nord Stream 2, said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. “As we have repeatedly stressed the 2019 Gas Directive, EU’s Third Energy Package fully applies to Nord Stream 2,”... #EUandNordStream2 #nordstream2 #NordStream2sanctions
Ukraine, EU, US, and Germany should define “red lines” on “Nord Stream-2”, said the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Olga Stefanishina. One example of such lines is the agreement between Russia and Hungary on gas supplies bypassing Ukrainian territory. Ukraine is monitoring... #GermanyandNordstream2 #nordstream2 #NordStream2andUkraine #USandNordStream2
Nord Stream 2 Pipeline to Germany is being commissioned. The first part of the project is being gradually filled to build inventory and pressure. Whilst regulators are completing the review of documentation to give the projects final approval, Nord Stream 2... #GasFromRussia #nordstream2 #NordStream2opening #RUssianGasforGermany
The transit of gas through the territory of Ukraine to Hungary was stopped. Even though the capacity from Ukraine to exit to Hungary is contracted for the entire gas year in the amount of 24.6 million cubic meters per day, the gas transit was not received. The contract betwee... #GasTransit #GasTransitthroughUkraine #nordstream2 #RussiangasforHungary
Nord Stream 2 gas will not help us this winter, said Laus-Dieter Maubach, head of Uniper, one of Gazprom’s European partners in the project. According to recent reports in Bloomberg, Maubach believes the pipeline’s certification will be... #GasTransit #nordstream2 #NordStream2Certification #RussianGasforEU
After the completion of the Nord Stream-2 pipeline, on Monday Germany’s energy regulator said it had four months to complete a certification. After receiving all the necessary documentation, Nord Stream 2has lodged an application for an operating license from the pipeline company. The Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) (BNA) has com... #nordstream2 #NordStream2Certification #NordstreamCompleted
Can Nord Stream-2 operations be impeded by sanctions? Despite the fact that Russia has announced the completion of the construction of Nord Stream-2, it can still be stopped by sanctions. This was the admission of Oksana Markarova, the Ambassador of Ukra... #MarkarovaonNordstream2 #nordstream2 #NordStream2compleated
Nord Stream 2 completed. The controversial Nord Stream 2 Russian-German pipeline has been completed. The last pipe section was welded into place on September 6. The operating company remains vague on the timing for the commen... #nordstream2 #NordStream2completion #RussianPipeline
European Commission ready to discuss the format of consultations on Nord Stream 2 . Responding to a note verbale from the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs received on July 22, in which Kyiv requested consultations referring to Articles 274 and 338 of the EU-Ukraine Association... #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline #RussianGastoGermany
Opening of Nord Stream 2 blocked? The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is not exempt from EU rules requiring owners of pipelines to be different from the suppliers of the gas that flows in them to ensure fair competition, the Duesseldorf Hi... #nordstream2 #NordStream2blocked #NordStreamandGermanCourt
Vitrenko says tough battle over Nord Stream 2 still ahead. According Naftogaz’s CEO, “It will be a hard battle. The Kremlin has been blackmailing Europe with gas shortages in the winter period. Some Western government officials don’t want to realize or ... #nordstream2 #Nordstream2fights #VitrenkoFightsNordStream2
Construction of Nord Stream 2 should be completed on Monday, the day before Ukraine’s Independence Day , reports Deutsche Welle. The €9.5 billion Russia—Germany natural gas pipeline is designed to render Ukraine’s Soviet-era east-west gas pipeline redundant. Coupled with Nord Stream 1, the two Baltic s... #nordstream2 #NordStream2compleation #RussiaGermanyPipeline #RussianGasPipeline
Underlining the importance of Nord Stream 2 to the gas-starved Europe, a false report that gas has started moving through the new pipeline caused EU gas prices to fall by 10% for two hours yesterday afternoon. After Gascade, the German pipeline company, denied the rumor ... #EUgasStarved #GasForEUfromRussia #nordstream2 #RussiaSabotagesEU
Guaranteeing high EU gas prices this fall, Russia’s Gazprom bought only 4% of additional pipeline capacity offered at auction by Ukraine yesterday , reports UBR.ua. The news pushed Rotterdam hub gas prices to a new peak: $585/1,000 cubic meters. Ukraine’s Transmission System Operator had offered to pump an additional 15 million cubic meters in S... #GaspromandUkraine #nordstream2 #RussianGas #RussianGasforUkraine
Seeking US backing to block Nord Stream 2, a major Ukrainian energy association has signed a 1-year, $1.2 million contract with US law firm Arent Fox for legal and lobbying help in Washington. The US Department of Justice reports that the Ukrainian Federation of Employers of the Oil and Gas Industry signed the contract last month. German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with President Putin i... #ArentFoxLawfirm #NaftogazhiresArentFox #nordstream2
“Germany Sees No Commitment to Shut Off Russian Gas in Biden Deal,” headlines a Bloomberg story reported in Berlin and based on background interviews with German officials. “Germany has little intention of shutting off Nord Stream 2 if Vladimir Putin tries to use the ... #GermanyandUSagreement #GermanyUSgasdeal #nordstream2 #NordStream2sabotagesEU
“US-German gas deal is a disservice to Ukraine,” headlines an editorial in London’s Financial Times. “Russian threat to Europe’s security cannot be ‘parked’ to focus on China.” Editors at the business newspaper write: “Nord Stream has always been at... #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline #USgermandeal
The US House of Representatives approved an appropriations bill last week that mandates sanctions against Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline , Ukraine’s Embassy in Washington posts on Facebook. The bill allocates $481.5 million in aid to Ukraine, a 6% increase over last year. The Senate is seen as hostile to the Russia-Germany Baltic Sea g... #nordstream2 #NordStream2sanctions #usagainstnordstream2
Polish and Ukrainian officials focused on the security implications of the pipeline. “This decision has created political, military and energy threats for Ukraine and Central Europe, while increasing Russia’s potential to destabilize the security situation in Europe, perpetuatin... #nordstream2 #NordstreamthreatforEU #polandandukraine
In Washington, Representative Michael McCaul of Texas, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said that he had no doubt Russia “will use the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as a weapon of coercion against Ukraine and transatlantic energy security as soon as it is operational. Promises to invest in future Ukrainian energy projects and ambiguous threats of consequences won’t change th... #MichaelMcCaul #nordstream2 #Nordstream2weapon
