Because Russia burns 10 million euros of natural gas per day at a plant near the Finnish border
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when i energy costs Rocket rise in European countries Russia It would literally blow up loads of natural gas that under normal circumstances it would have been exported to Germany via the Nordstream 1 . pipeline BBCwhich reports on the analysis of Norway’s Rystad Energy.
Russia burns large quantities of gas
Russia stands Millions of Euros of natural gas are burned daily At the Gazprom plant PortovayaNear the Finnish border. The alarm was triggered by an analysis conducted by Norway’s Rystad Energy with the English broadcaster BBC.
The plant is located northwest of Saint Petersburg, near the compressor station at the beginning of the pipeline Nordstream 1Which transports Russian gas to Germany. According to various experts, Gas destined for export to Europe.
Satellite images of the Russian factory near Finland
The BBC has released some satellite images of huge fire Rising from Russia’s Portovaya plant, including a shot showing infrared radiation from gas combustion at the site operated by Gazprom.
Finnish citizens near the border were the first to notice something was wrong, after noticing a large flame in early summer. Then pop out of the analytics Noticeable increase in temperature Issued by the Russian factory starting from June.
In smoke gas about 10 million euros per day
According to estimates by Rystad Energy, approximately 4.34 million cubic meters of liquefied natural gaswith an approximate value 10 million euros.
Significant economic damage, added to environmental risksGiven the large amounts of carbon dioxide and soot produced by the combustion of large amounts of methane.
According to experts, the Gazprom plant burns gas previously destined for Germany via the Nordstream 1 pipeline. Supplies through this pipeline from Russia were cut off in mid-July.
Moscow has attributed the drop in supplies to technical problems, while Berlin has always argued that it is a political move associated with it war of conquest of ukraine and on Western sanctions. According to the analyzes, the plant began burning large quantities of gas in June.
Because Russia burns large quantities of gas
gas burning Overflow is a common practice in processing plants, which is usually determined for technical or safety reasons. However, what is observed in Russia is a case that has never been seen before big quantities It smokes every day and for the timing: As we mentioned, the Portovaya plant started burning LNG early summer.
According to many experts, the decision to burn gas can be linked technical problems In managing the large quantities of gas that no longer go to Germany.
Image source: ANSA
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