Behave yourselves in the comment section I’ll be checking in now and then to make sure things don’t get out of hand. Vigorous debate is fine, but let’s keep the insults and dehumanizing stuff down to a dull roar.
Global- Russia’s Gazprom extends Nord Stream 1 shutdown, citing faulty turbine
It said the turbine could not operate safely until the leak was repaired, and gave no timeframe for the resumption of gas supplies via the pipeline, which had been due to return to operation early on Saturday after a three-day maintenance break.
Addendum, from Kate: Francisco has my full backing. I’ve considered closing comments here recently due to the repeated abuse of this platform by a handful of people who use it as their private pissing match game board. Remember that everyone who posts and curates this blog is a VOLUNTEER. We all have real lives and real livelihoods to pursue. Don’t be a net drag on this blog. If you haven’t anything relevant and on topic to add, then keep your fingers off the keyboard.
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Could have had an EastMed pipeline……their sanctions will keep them nice and warm this winter.
It would appear the political class have plenty of natural gas to fill the Nordstream 1 and Nordstream 2 pipelines combined… The windbaggery alone should power them through the winter season and solve the “Energy CRISIS” for the next 1000 years. 🙂
Germany should be “heart warmed” at the prospect of winter at -45 C!
I recall my mother’s stories of awaking to shivering frost on the down comforter, back in the day…
How much forestry does Germany still have to fill the proverbial wood lot?
The trees of “Unter den Linden” in Berlin will have to take a little “trimming”!
I’ve got two cords of wood stacked for the winter; when Herr Gropen-Führer taxes natural gas out of existence in Canuckleland.
“Wir sind ja, aber zu schön!”
As my Oma König would say: “Don’t delay, start knitting sweaters and socks for ‘Nordsteam 1 & 2’ today!”
Cheers,
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Justin Trudeau, as a leading member of the political class, has plenty of natural gas.
David, you better hope that comment of yours does not exceed the ‘dull roar’ limit.
State your opinion freely and ‘voluntarily’, but be careful what you say … Sort of like on Twitter and Facebook.
Well, gee whiz eh
My wife tells me I have plenty of gas during the night.
She said the same thing to me.
I suspect they will open the lines after Ukes surrender after being pushed by the freezing Allies.. And the extortion is paid.
Come now.. Im sure China will be happy to sell their surplus oil and gas to Europe.. I hear they are floating in the stuff..
I hear China is already doing that, at a grossly inflated price of course. So Europeans are still buying Russian oil, they’re just paying more than they have to. Take that Putin.
Actually if you paid attention you would have learned that:
1. Chinas is buying Siberian energy a dumping prices, often at 30% below what Europe was paying.
2. Power of Siberia and other pipelines are already operating at capacity and the additional volume they can transfer is but a fraction of what was sent to Europe.
Putin is playing chess. The EU is playing tiddlywinks. Any questions? No? Then carry on.
Chess is for soys. Putin is in a poker game, only he’s broke, can’t leave the table alive and there are better, deeper pocket players. Previously he won some change at the kiddy table against Georgia and some Chechen. Now he’s moved to the big boy table.
Are you related to Joe Biden? Your gibberish is quite presidential.
Sure wish these guys owned Line 5.
I don’t blame Russia on this. Europe and the UK have lots of gas. Get fracking.
Steve,
Isn’t that the truth? Its impossible to have empathy for a continent that is committing suicide in aggregate. Ah, but Greta is so proud of them. I bet she attends every funeral.
Can never argue with ‘safety’.
The virtuous and frozen dead would be hard-pressed to mount an argument.
“Frozen chosen reporting for duty! Slava Ukraine!”
Saw your warning, Nanny. So no comment.
Francisco has my full backing. I’m considering closing comments here due to the repeated abuse of this platform by a handful of people who use it as their private pissing match game board.
Remember that everyone who posts and curates this blog is a VOLUNTEER. We have enough on our plates without regulars joining with the trolls and provocateurs.
[deleted. This was not an invitation to debate. — Kate]
Volunteers Indeed. We all are.
Thing is, she pays the bills to keep the lights on.
Her world, her rules.
Francisco has my full backing. I’ve considered closing comments here recently due to the repeated abuse of this platform by a handful of people who use it as their private pissing match game board.
Remember that everyone who posts and curates this blog is a VOLUNTEER. If the comments section becomes too time consuming to monitor, it will be closed.
Kate and Francisco,
I support you in this. Several times I had to bail because the comments degenerated into senseless flaming.
It’s your site, your standards, and your reputation. If there are those who leave over this they will not be missed.
Well said.
I am extremely pleased to see Kates comment. This has been my site of choice for years but am getting frustrated by the number of abuses that are now occurring. Time to ban a few repeat offenders- they have been repeatedly warned. Time to act.
Touche.
Nanny?
Ditto
POTUS DJT warned the commie Germans of relying on Russia for their energy. The stupid Germans laughed it off and mocked The Donald.
Fck the Germans, and all the Euro Weenies for that matter. Let them freeze. Lessons are learned the HARD WAY.
If they didn’t learn not to be stupid in the 20th century then I guess the lessons will have to continue.
If the Germans are actually cutting down their trees to keep warm this winter, and not for “recreational fires”
They should have cut those trees down +18 – 24 months ago.
I doubt they’ll catch fire too rigorously with 60 days drying time.
Good point. But something tells me most of the people involved don’t have a clue. And they’ll wonder why their wood smokes and doesn’t burn worth a damn.
Not necessarily correct.
A proper “tight” woodstove will burn completely green wood if it gets started with dry wood and the green wood is split into reasonable sized chunks and added into a very hot dry wood fire. It will then sustain itself and more green wood can be continuously added.
But it’s hard work to split green wood, stupid and the super heated steam is not good for the stove or the flue.
I remember when Trump was telling Angela Merkel not to buy gas from the Russians but to get it from us. Don’t forget that she grew up in East Germany. They are going to get what they deserve.
Line 5 is unsafe.
Safety first.
Shut it down.
Preferably October 1 First for a 6 month safety audit.
Like the MacKenzie Pipeline,we will reexamine the concept in a decade or two..or 5.
Now that Gorbachev is out of the way, Putin has a major boner for a return to the former “glory” of the U.S.S.R. The war is effectively over. Those countries, thirsty for Russian gas, who up until now offered the empty platitude of “standing with” Ukraine will now switch to “thoughts and prayers” as the Russian bear tears them to pieces under the guise of saving them from the Nazis or some such bullshit. I have cousins in Ukraine who have joined up to fight the Russian invaders. I suspect many of them will die. Others have told me they are willing to defend their homes and families with their bare hands if it comes down to it. So history repeats itself. The innocent citizens will suffer. Again. Slava Ukraini! Slava Heroyam!
Exkimo
remember 2014, and the last erection, erm…election. They should have voted better!
If we’re going to spout mindless slogans, I’ll offer the most realistic one of all:
Delenda Ukraini Est
Because that’s the end game. The EU will abandon Kiev before the first snowfall.
And the Zelinski mob steal ALL the World handouts.
Some facts.
The last time Russian oil/gas collapsed was 1990. It took until last year for Russia to reach the same level. 30 years.
Of the ten largest, most advanced oil/gas service companies in the world, 8 are American, 1 Brit and 1 Chinese.
Russian companies are non existent even in Russia.
All Russian oil/gas pipe, well fields stations, networks were designed, built by primarily American. The rest European. More importantly they were maintained and even more importantly managed by Western companies.
These are very complex ecosystems, over vast distances in extreme environments, at high cost.
Russians do not and never will have the domestic talent to manage these systems. They are slowly dying and becoming unstable.
They are on the Venezuela/Iran decay slide. But wait, there’s more. Those geographies are reasonably located in OK climates. Siberia is located in Siberia, and wants to kill you and destroy everything.
Putin has a year of foreign cash. 60% of all Russian expenses are paid by oil/gas. That’s the best case.
Putin needs to go on a massive weapons rebuild. Oh, and Russia’s only other cash source is selling crappy weapons. He can’t do both now. Doesn’t have the manufacturing capacity for both.
Remember the SU-57 stealth fighter? He’s got 3. Three. And old crappy engines in them. New modern tanks? About 20. That’s it. Subs? One sinks or explodes every three years like clockwork.
Want to know the most elderly country in Europe? Russia. It’s population especially white Russians is collapsing.
Putin had totally trashed Russia’s ability to borrow. Just like Iran, Venezuela, Cuba. That’s it’s near future.
Like it or not the US spent trillions on Iraq and Afghanistan. And stuck it out for 20 years. What do you think the US in a war in Europe is going to spend?
At least that.
Russian defense budget was $60 billion. Navy, space, air force. So let’s say Ukraine drains off half. $30 billion.
30 billion goes into 1 trillion, 34 times.
Joe Biden proposed $1 trillion for college debt relief.
Like it or not, the US MIC can match Putin squeezing Russia dry, with petty cash. For the next two generations.
Oddly, Gorbachev had to preside over a collapsed Russia to Reagan when he outspent Russia, opening the path to a then humiliated young KGB Colonel Putin.
Putin put Russia into a vice, Where,how, when it fractures, who knows.
None of that matters. The only thing that does is whether Western Europe will make it through the winter of 2022-2023 unscathed. Spoiler alert, it won’t. Which means Putin’s woes don’t matter in the long term. And the EU will surrender. Eventually.
They’ll make it. This is 1914 nor 1938. No one’s going to freeze nor die. Lots of screem and shout and running about.
“Spoiler alert, it won’t. ”
Wanna bet? 100CAD paid to SDA, says it will.
Excellent post, few brief comments.
“Putin needs to go on a massive weapons rebuild. …. Doesn’t have the manufacturing capacity for both.”
Also embargo means no access to modern military grade microchips. GRU agents have been caught raiding Finnish pawnshops for used home electronics.
“Siberia is located in Siberia, and wants to kill you and destroy everything.”
Better yet, anything drilled in permafrost needs to be used or it decays very quickly. Which is why Siberians are at the stage when they are burning off their excess natural gas.
“Remember the SU-57 stealth fighter? He’s got 3. Three. ”
Six, well likely five after the Saki air base attack (yes, rumor has it that Americans greenlighted SLAM-ER attack on Saki after Su-57 was spotted testing from there, a nice FY Pootin)
” It’s population especially white Russians is collapsing.”
While the mooselimb population is surging… this one will be particularly entertaining. Faster please.
“New modern tanks? About 20. ”
According to all reports I came accros T-14 Armata is a dud. Situational awareness for the crew is awful. Rumor has it it will be used in small numbers as a tank destroyer which leave Siberians with T-90M as their top MBT.
“That’s it. Subs?”
This one is super funny if correct. I heard that key components for engines for their SSKs were build in … drumroll … Ukraine.
Indeed.
The US spends (usually) 10 to 12 times more on defense than the next closest nation,
Obama gave the dark lords 400 billion they will never account for. They account for only what they want to in any case. Not much.
Check out Rumsfeldt’s speech of 10 september, just before 9/11.
Kate, I am so sad that problems are being created for you.
Well at least the EU was at 78% storage capacity of gas (which they measure in MWh not M3 like the rest of the world)…
It’s not like they needed to be filled up at the beginning of October
You’re not suggesting they pump gas using a turbine that’s leaking oil. How dare you!
Germany (and most of the EU) are learning the hard way that Green energy is like communism: it seems to work fine until you run out of other country’s energy supplies.
I suppose no one else noticed that this happened – conveniently – just after the US announced its “price cap” scheme on Russian oil, which would allow countries to buy Russian oil, but only at some US approved discount to global oil prices. Vlad also announced that Russia would not sell *any* oil to countries that participate in the US scheme. Then, Gazprom announced the issues with NS1.
Since few seem to have a memory larger than a peanut these days, let me remind everyone that Nordstream 2 was ready and set to go last year, long before the war started, but was held up because the Germans refused to give it regulatory approval. Not for any technical reason, just because it was Russian. If NS2 had been up and running, even for a few months, there would be no issue with gas shortages in Europe; they would have been able to fill all their storage and more. Just another example of the “Intellectuals Yet Idiots” running things in Western capitals not being able to see past their own venal interests.
The gas shortage is entirely anthropogenic.
It is a direct descendant of the greening of our economy.
That gave Putin to understand that he could start a war on Ukraine.
And Europe would not stop him.
Because they would be afraid he would withhold the gas they need to power their economy.
And cook their foods.
And boil their water.
And the continental Europeans paid lip service to helping Ukraine.
And the Democrats actually helped.
And so did Boris – maybe he stood up to his bride on this issue.
But then Putin decided he had to stop the flow so the rest of the world would learn that if they didn’t let him take over Ukraine and he has to suffer – they will suffer too.
Recently the German FM said in an interview “No matter what my German voters think, I will put Ukraine first. So much for democracy when elected officials use their position for personal virtue signalling and gain.
https://twitter.com/ivan_8848/status/1565067553671626760
While everyone is blaming Puin for a chilly winter, something about the US military commissioning a paper about future war with Russia in Ukraine, written in 2019:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uqVPM0KSUpo
Fully referenced with links to PDF
A big oil leak after maintenance could be a real actual problem? Sure! But it should be quickly corrected.
Story time: I worked an outage at a big steam powerplant. Our job was inspecting and repairing the LP Steam Turbine and Generator. We had to take the entire generator seal oil system apart to do the inspections and repairs of the generator stator and rotor. When it was reassembled, we restarted the oil system. It was literally raining oil on the floor below (and me!). OOPSIE! The #####! millwrights didn’t put any gaskets in the seal oil system piping joints, and none of the millwrights were even Russian (joke!). We lost two shifts of critical path time fixing freaking pipe joints. The boss was not happy.
Thank you, we do not have a “Right” to post here, it’s a privilege and it shouldn’t be abused via attacks and slander etc.
Snowflake alert.
State your opinion freely and ‘voluntarily’, but be careful what you say … Sort of like on Twitter and Facebook.
eh?