Russia to cut Nord Stream 1 gas flow to 20% of capacity

Russian gas giant Gazprom said Monday it was cutting daily gas deliveries via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to 33 million cubic metres starting Wednesday.

That would correspond to 20% of the pipeline’s capacity. The current flow of gas into Germany is only at 40%.

Nord Steam 1 begins north of Saint Petersburg in Russia and ends at a station near Greifswald on Germany’s northern Baltic Sea coast.

The company said it was halting the operation of another turbine due to the “technical condition of the engine”.