{"id":60497,"date":"2021-11-17T11:02:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T16:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60497"},"modified":"2021-11-17T11:02:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T16:02:20","slug":"eu-gas-prices-soar-on-ns2-delays-sudden-belarus-pipeline-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60497","title":{"rendered":"EU Gas Prices Soar On NS2 Delays, Sudden Belarus Pipeline Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__11o5_\">\n<h3 class=\"ArticleFull_title__2cUI6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/commodities\/eu-gas-prices-soar-ns2-delays-sudden-belarus-pipeline-closure\">EU Gas Prices Soar On NS2 Delays, Sudden Belarus Pipeline Closure<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__38L44\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__2clki NodeBody_container__1M6aJ\">\n<p>European natural gas prices continue to soar after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/commodities\/germany-regulators-suspend-nord-stream-2-approval-gas-prices-jump-12\">Nord Stream 2 pipeline<\/a>\u00a0delays were seen earlier this week, and now a major crude pipeline from Russia into Europe has temporarily halted flows due to &#8220;unscheduled repairs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The newest market generated information pushing up European natgas prices to the highest levels in a month is due to a Belarus portion of the Druzhba oil pipeline system carrying Urals crude from Russia to Europe has temporarily halted flows to address &#8220;unscheduled repairs,&#8221; the Russian energy export giant Transneft wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;Unscheduled repairs were started on one of the branches of the Druzhba oil pipeline, limiting the flow in the direction of Poland for approximately three days<\/strong>, while the planned target for the month is not being revised,&#8221; Transneft spokesman Igor Demin said.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\" data-google-query-id=\"CP3I0KTin_QCFcnWhwodITkAfQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-google-container-id=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gomeltransneft, the operator of the Belarusian section, said\u00a0<strong>maintenance began on Nov. 16.<\/strong>\u00a0<em>&#8220;Starting from yesterday, Gomeltransneft has started an unplanned maintenance at one of the lines of the Druzhba pipeline, having restricted [crude] pumping towards Adamowa Zastawa [in Poland] tentatively for three days, but the plan for the month is not revised,&#8221; a Transneft spokesman said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/pipe_1.png?itok=Xnel9rcY\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/pipe_1.png?itok=Xnel9rcY\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/pipe_1.png?itok=Xnel9rcY\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c2e3d1fc-df0a-4620-a38e-98bf57dab623\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Druzhba is one of the largest pipeline networks in the world that carries a mix of heavy sour oil of Urals and light\u00a0oil of Western Siberia, where its network splits in two and pumps the crude into a northern section, Poland and Germany, and a southern area, Ukraine to Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>The unscheduled repairs, restricting flows, come days after Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/energy\/putin-warns-belarus-not-halt-gas-europe-after-lukashenko-threat\">threatened<\/a>\u00a0to cut the transit gas supply from Russia to Europe over a migrant crisis at the Belarus-Poland border.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU Gas Prices Soar On NS2 Delays, Sudden Belarus Pipeline Closure European natural gas prices continue to soar after\u00a0Nord Stream 2 pipeline\u00a0delays were seen earlier this week, and now a major crude pipeline from Russia into Europe has temporarily halted flows due to &#8220;unscheduled repairs.&#8221; 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