Gazprom announces suspension of another turbine in Nord Stream pipeline

Russia's Gazprom said on Monday it was halting another turbine in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany and that flows of gas would fall to the equivalent of just one fifth of normal capacity.

Report informs, citing Reuters, that the company said the decision to halt the operation of another Siemens gas turbine at Nord Stream 1's Portovaya compressor station was taken in accordance with the instructions of the relevant watchdog, taking into account the technical condition of the engine.

It said throughput from 0400 GMT on Wednesday would therefore fall to 33 million cubic metres per day. That is just half of the current flows, already at just 40% of normal capacity.