The company wrote about this in its Telegram.
“The current anti-Russian sanctions prevent the successful resolution of the situation with the transportation and repair of Siemens gas turbine engines for the Portovaya compressor station, which supplies gas to European consumers through the Nord Stream gas pipeline,” the statement says.
Gazprom indicated that due to Canadian sanctions and without the consent of the company, the engine was sent to Germany instead of Russia, which does not comply with the terms of the contract.
Canadian authorities have issued engine removal documents, which are in no way related to the current contract, to Siemens Energy Canada Limited, which is not a party to the contract.
“If the engine is transported to Russia, there is a risk that the Canadian authorities may consider this a violation or circumvention of the conditions of the issued permit.
In turn, this may lead to the revocation of the permit and the impossibility of repairing other engines of the Portovaya compressor station in Canada, the statement emphasizes.
It is also noted that the Industrial Turbine Company (UK) Limited is a party to the contract, and the requirements of UK law, including sanctions restrictions, apply to it.
“In the absence of official clarifications from the EU and the UK on the application of sanctions, it is not clear that the repair and transportation of gas turbine engines for the Portovaya CS will not be subject to export restrictions,” the company concluded.
Earlier, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov commented on the situation around the supply of turbines for Nord Stream by Gazprom.