“The issue is related to faulty engines that are at the compressor station in a state of forced downtime due to emergency failures.
Siemens does not perform work to eliminate these problems, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
Markelov explained that the main units at the Portovaya compressor station are six gas compressor units with a capacity of 52 MW.
They are all made by Siemens.
To maintain the planned throughput capacity of Nord Stream, five of them are required, one is in reserve.
Currently, only one unit is operating at Portovaya, the rest have either completed their overhaul cycle or have malfunctions.
In the first case, a major overhaul at the factory is needed, in the second, Siemens service is required.
On July 25, Gazprom announced that it was stopping the operation of another Siemens gas turbine engine at the Portovaya CS due to the end of the time between overhauls before overhaul.