Poland criticises Russia Nord Stream 2 pipeline legality as it does not meet European certification necessities.

 Polish strength company PGNiG has claimed Russia’s Nord Stream 2 fuel pipeline does now not meet EU necessities, probable causing further delays to the certification process had to release fuel deliveries.

“A fantastic [certification] selection might placed at danger the security of supply of the EU and member states,” the Polish enterprise said in a assertion, adding that the pipeline’s European operator Nord Stream 2 AG does no longer meet the necessities for certification as an Independent Transmission Operator (ITO).

Poland criticises Russia Nord Stream 2 pipeline legality

According to its statement, PGNiG is now a part of the institution responsible for granting certification to the newly constructed Nord Stream 2. However, it seems the company does no longer plan to make the procedure brief or clean.

“We will prove always that Nord Stream 2 AG does no longer meet the formal and substantive requirements for the operator of the pipeline, in particular the ones regarding security of supply and the corporate shape of the business enterprise,” PGNiG’s head of management board, Pawel Majewski, pressured, as quoted via TASS.

Poland criticises Russia Nord Stream 2 pipeline legality

The organization also warned towards launching deliveries through the pipeline earlier than final certification comes through, calling it a breach of EU regulation, and vowing “to use all prison measures to oppose such behavior of Nord Stream 2 AG.”

Construction works on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany thru the Baltic Sea, ended remaining month. However, to begin gas deliveries, the task wishes to achieve European certification showing that it conforms with technical norms of Germany’s Stralsund mining authority. It should additionally be registered as an ITO with Germany’s federal network agency (Bundesnetzagentur), which has until January 8, 2022 to issue certification. According to EU law, the organization can't officially ban gasoline pumping, but if it starts before the registration is ready, Nord Stream 2 AG might face fines.

Poland criticises Russia Nord Stream 2 pipeline legality

Many professionals trust the early launch of Nord Stream 2 with every day capability similar to the complete volume of liquefied gasoline that is now supplied to Europe should help scale back growing gas expenses. October futures at the Dutch TTF trade reached a report $963.9 per 1,000 cubic meters this month. According to Russia’s country strength giant and proprietor of the pipeline, the deliveries should help stock European garage facilities, which at their current volumes are unable to fulfill the demand of the upcoming wintry weather.

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Turkey in talks on new gasoline resources from Russia – Ankara

Ankara is discussing new contracts for fuel materials with a number of international locations, such as Russia, Turkish Deputy Energy Minister revealed on Tuesday.

“This 12 months may be very hard for all people. But we are on appropriate phrases with our modern providers, which includes Azerbaijan and Russia. We are discussing new volumes of elements, new contracts, due to the fact some contracts, as an example, with [Russian state-run energy giant] Gazprom, expire on the give up of the 12 months,” Alparslan Bayraktar informed journalists on the sidelines of the continuing Gastech global convention in Dubai.

He referred to that ability deliver contracts are being discussed with other fuel-producing international locations as nicely.

According to the official, Turkey expects to conclude a protracted-time period agreement on fuel transit with Russia inside the near destiny.

Bayraktar introduced that Turkey is interested in liquefied herbal fuel (LNG) deliveries, however referred to that with Russia, precedence is given to pipeline fuel.

According to the minister, through the stop of 2021, annual gas consumption in Turkey is predicted to attain 60 billion cubic meters, and projected to grow to about 70 billion cubic meters in line with 12 months in the future.

Russian gasoline is mainly added to Turkey through the TurkStream pipeline going for walks from Russkaya compressor station near Anapa in Russia’s Krasnodar Region, crossing the Black Sea to the receiving terminal at Kıyıköy. TurkStream changed the South Stream project that became cancelled in 2014. According to recent data from Gazprom, natural fuel deliveries from Russia to Turkey in the first half of 2021 jumped threefold to 14.623 billion cubic meters.