Wednesday, July 27, 2022

US Fears Gas Supply Problems May Undermine EU Unity | Farsnews Agency

The administration of US President Joe Biden fears that the gas shortages caused by declining supplies from Russia may undermine the European Union’s unity against Moscow, CNN reported citing US officials.

According to one of the sources, US presidential coordinator for global energy Amos Hochstein has departed to Paris and Brussels to discuss US-European contingency planning in case of gas shortages in winter.

"The impact on Europe could boomerang back onto the US, spiking natural gas and electricity prices," CNN reported with reference to an unnamed US official.

"It will also be a major test of European resilience and unity against Russia," the official added.

This week, Washington also intends to discuss with Europe ways of increasing nuclear power production. In particular, the United States hopes to convince the German government to postpone its plans of phasing out the use of nuclear power and to extend the operation of its three nuclear power plants.

On Monday, Russia’s energy giant Gazprom announced that it had to suspend the operation of another Siemens-made turbine because it has reached its capital repair point. This will result in the capacity of the Portovaya compressor station falling to almost half - from 67 to 33 million cubic meters a day. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned about that last week.

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