Russia: Natural gas production may be down 10% in 2022

The vice-president of the Russian government, Alexander Novak, said today that the Russian gas production may be down 10% the 2022, while oil exports to note 8% increase.

Referring to the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister said that Russia needs permission for ships of to carry out investigations into the explosions that damaged the pipelines in question.

He did not specify who should issue the permit, but the company Nord Stream AG, the operator of the older Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline, said last week that the owner of a research vessel it had chartered has not received the green light from Norway’s foreign ministry to depart and begin assessing pipeline faults.

“The whole issue is to have access to our ships, which should have the right of way (in the area of ​​the incidents),” Novak told reporters, referring to Moscow’s efforts to investigate the damage to the pipelines. .

Russia announced yesterday that it had summoned diplomats from Germany, Denmark and Sweden to protest that it had not been invited to take part in investigations into leaks in natural gas pipelines running from Russia to Russia. Europe.

Sweden has previously rejected requests by Russian authorities to join the investigations or share any findings.

The Danish Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that “the Russian desire to participate in the investigations of the leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines has been conveyed through diplomatic channels to Moscow and Copenhagen.”

The cause of the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines remains unclear, but European Union countries suspect sabotage, while Russia has described the incidents as “an act of international terrorism” and blamed the West.

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