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Skybird · 08-04-22, 03:13 PM

Bad news for Olaf the turbine-whisperer:

Russian state-owned Gazprom is apparently flaring some of the gas that was supposed to be delivered to Germany at its turbine station near St. Petersburg. Photos first published by the Finnish news site "Yle" and circulating on Twitter reportedly show the so-called compressor station in Portovaya, Russia, with a large flame blazing above it.

The photo is said to have been taken from the Finnish side, and the flame is said to be so high that it can be seen across the national border.

The authenticity of the photographs cannot be verified. However, data from Nasa show that, of all things, larger fires have been seen consistently on the site of the Nord Stream 1 station since the day on which delivery volumes to Germany were curtailed for the first time.

Gazprom had first reduced deliveries through the Baltic Sea pipeline to 40 percent of the agreed volumes from June 16, and now only 20 percent of the possible capacity arrives in Germany. Data from the U.S. space agency Nasa's Fire Information for Resource Management Systems (Firms) show that from the time of the curtailment, larger fires are constantly visible at the Portovaya station site.

Gas fields cannot easily be shut down, they must have some of the gas that is under high pressure being allwoed to escape. Thats why siome German commentors until yesterday optimistically said that Russia will never brign gas epxorts to nil. I do not get this why they always assume the best - my first thought was exactly what now gets reported: "Why wouldn't they just burn it?" Thats was my very first thoguht on this.

The Germans handed Russia another easy satisfaction score when they went to Canada and made Canada breaking its own sanction to release the turbine. The Russians OF COURSE never had the intention to deliver gas again at higher quantities. The sanction on gas turbines is an original Canadian one, not an EU sanction. The naive laymen in Berlin stepped right into the wide open trap. And they still pose and talk as if the Russian behaviour were not predictable and is a surprise.

Has anyone really expected, seriously, that Russia would just sit still and swallow sanction after sanction and not try to hurt Europe back? How stupid is that...?

08-04-22, 03:13 PM	#5448
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,729 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Bad news for Olaf the turbine-whisperer: Russian state-owned Gazprom is apparently flaring some of the gas that was supposed to be delivered to Germany at its turbine station near St. Petersburg. Photos first published by the Finnish news site "Yle" and circulating on Twitter reportedly show the so-called compressor station in Portovaya, Russia, with a large flame blazing above it. The photo is said to have been taken from the Finnish side, and the flame is said to be so high that it can be seen across the national border. The authenticity of the photographs cannot be verified. However, data from Nasa show that, of all things, larger fires have been seen consistently on the site of the Nord Stream 1 station since the day on which delivery volumes to Germany were curtailed for the first time. Gazprom had first reduced deliveries through the Baltic Sea pipeline to 40 percent of the agreed volumes from June 16, and now only 20 percent of the possible capacity arrives in Germany. Data from the U.S. space agency Nasa's Fire Information for Resource Management Systems (Firms) show that from the time of the curtailment, larger fires are constantly visible at the Portovaya station site. Gas fields cannot easily be shut down, they must have some of the gas that is under high pressure being allwoed to escape. Thats why siome German commentors until yesterday optimistically said that Russia will never brign gas epxorts to nil. I do not get this why they always assume the best - my first thought was exactly what now gets reported: "Why wouldn't they just burn it?" Thats was my very first thoguht on this. The Germans handed Russia another easy satisfaction score when they went to Canada and made Canada breaking its own sanction to release the turbine. The Russians OF COURSE never had the intention to deliver gas again at higher quantities. The sanction on gas turbines is an original Canadian one, not an EU sanction. The naive laymen in Berlin stepped right into the wide open trap. And they still pose and talk as if the Russian behaviour were not predictable and is a surprise. Has anyone really expected, seriously, that Russia would just sit still and swallow sanction after sanction and not try to hurt Europe back? How stupid is that...? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.