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.
The 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. Read more and see video here.
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