This is just too ‘delicious’ not to sitrep quickly – Ukraine calls force majeure and halts 1/3 of European gas 14516 Views May 10, 2022 75 Comments
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Kiev cites ‘force majeure’ in Lugansk to halt third of gas flow to Europe, while Gazprom says there have been no issues that would justify the halt.
Russian gas conglomerate Gazprom has received no confirmation of force majeure or any obstacles to continued transit of gas through a junction in Lugansk, the company said on Tuesday, after Ukraine’s operator OGTSU announced it would halt further deliveries starting May 11, due to the presence of “Russian occupiers.”
Be aware this is up to the minute, so details may change. (But is it too early to say … the Ukraine is sanctioning Europe?)Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016 Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018 Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021
RT: Ukraine turns off Europe-bound gas Kiev cites "force majeure"
Russian gas conglomerate Gazprom has received no confirmation of force majeure or any obstacles to continued transit of gas through a junction in Lugansk Region, the company said on Tuesday, after Ukraine’s operator OGTSU announced it would halt further deliveries starting May 11, due to the presence of “Russian occupiers.”
Gas Transit Services of Ukraine (OGTSU) declared force majeure on Tuesday, saying that it was impossible to continue the transit of gas through a connection point and compressor station located in the Lugansk area. As OGTSU personnel “cannot carry out operational and technological control” over the Sokhranovka connector point and Novopskov compressor station, the company cannot continue to fulfill its contract obligations, it said.
Gas from this connection will not be accepted into the transit system of Ukraine starting at 7 am on Wednesday, OGTSU said. Sokhrankovka accounts for almost a third of the Russian gas that transits through Ukraine to Europe – up to 32.6 million cubic meters per day – according to the operators.
Gazprom has received no confirmation of force majeure or disruption of operations at Sokhranovka or Novopskov, company spokesman Sergey Kupriyanov said on Tuesday. He added that Ukrainian specialists have had full access to both facilities all along, and there had been no complaints about it previously. Ukraine's Zelensky praises US, scolds EU READ MORE: Ukraine's Zelensky praises US, scolds EU
Kupriyanov also said that Gazprom has been notified by Ukraine’s gas company Naftogaz that if Russia continues to supply gas through Sokhranovka, Kiev will reduce the volume at the point of exit by the same amount, effectively confiscating the gas.
While OGTSU has proposed to reroute the gas to Sudzha, a connector located in the Sumy region and controlled by the Ukrainian government, Kupriyanov said this was “technologically impossible.”
“The distribution of volumes is clearly spelled out in the cooperation agreement dated December 30, 2019, and the Ukrainian side is well aware of this,” he said.
Gazprom is fulfilling all of its obligations to its European customers, with all the transit services in accordance with the terms of the contract and paid in full, Kupriyanov pointed out. Moscow has continued gas deliveries to Europe, including transit through Ukraine, regardless of the ongoing military operation and the embargoes against Russia imposed by the US and its allies in the EU. Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016 Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018 Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021
Yet millions of hectares of commercial/municipal etc rooftops still have no PV/wind turbines
Globally - not just in Europe. Fossil Fools and Combustion Canutes and Fracking Idiots still rule over us.
Barren roof space - still a very rarely mentioned, scandalously untapped energy resource - as in: Vast warehouses, factories, depots, hangers, airport and railway buildings, supermarkets, schools/universities, humongous /agricultural buildings, local and central government buildings, bars, pubs, restaurants, shops etc etc.
You only have to look down at the rooftops of every size and description as your plane descends and prepares for landing to see that 99.9% of roof area everywhere you look boasts not one single solar panel or (micro) wind turbine. By "micro" I mean from 500 watts up to 10KW. Two foot diameter up to 10 foot. With or without energy storage/battery pack, grid-interactive or grid-independent.
What you don't sow, you don't reap. Instead we get wars, geopolitics and business-as-bloody-usual. Am I right - all you solution-seeking Extinction Rebels ?
on May 10, 2022, 9:19 pm