China News Agency, Moscow, September 2 (Tian Bing Liu Jingyao) Gazprom (Gazprom) issued a statement on the 2nd, announcing that the company is working on the last running turbine of the "Beixi-1" natural gas pipeline compressor station. When an inspection was carried out, it was found to be damaged, so the pipeline has been forced to shut down in all respects.

  The statement said that during a joint inspection with Siemens representatives, Gazprom found an oil leak at the No. 24 turbine at the Portovaya compressor station.

A letter about the situation and the need to address these issues has been sent to the President and CEO of Siemens Energy AG.

At present, the gas supply to "Beixi-1" has been completely stopped until the problem of equipment failure is eliminated.

  The company also said it had received a warning from the Russian Federal Directorate of Environmental, Technical and Nuclear Energy Supervision that the detected malfunctions and damage could not ensure the safe operation of the gas turbine engine.

Therefore, it is necessary to take appropriate measures and suspend further operation of turbine 24.

Previously, turbines 075, 076 and 120 suffered similar damage and were sent to the factory for repairs and are currently in mandatory shutdown.

  On the 2nd, when commenting on European Commission President von der Leyen's call for a ceiling on the price of Russian pipeline natural gas, Medvedev, vice chairman of the Russian Federation Security Council, said that if the EU implements a price ceiling, Russia will no longer supply natural gas to Europe.

It is reported that EU energy ministers will hold a special meeting on September 9 to discuss energy prices, including a price ceiling plan for imported Russian natural gas.

  According to a report by the Tass news agency on the 2nd, the finance ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) held an online meeting on the same day to reach an agreement on setting a ceiling on Russian oil prices.

A joint statement issued after the meeting announced that a price cap would be imposed on Russian oil.

The G7 finance ministers also proposed to establish a "broad international alliance" that would prohibit the provision of related services for Russian shipping oil when the price of oil is higher than the price agreed by the "alliance".

  Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said on the 2nd that imposing price restrictions on Russian oil is a ridiculous decision in the interest of the United States, which will lead to serious instability in the oil market.

He said that Deputy Prime Minister Novak had made it clear yesterday that those countries involved in the price cap would not be targeted for Russian oil exports.

As an alternative, Russia will export to countries operating under market conditions.

"There are more countries like this than there are countries involved in price caps."

  Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak said on the 1st that Russia will not supply oil and oil products to those countries that support price caps on Russian oil, and Russia refuses to supply oil under non-market conditions.

The move by the G7 will not only lead to turmoil in the energy market and threaten the entire oil market, but may also lead to a global energy security disaster, for which consumers in Europe and the United States will pay the price.

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