9ideon
13th February 2023, 09:32
Squeeze the Lemon, How the West played Russia on Nordstream and Ukraine
by 9ideon:
'Squeeze the Lemon', a phrase first introduced to me when working for Corporate America.
https://i.postimg.cc/d3Z2xJK9/Picture1.jpg
It's the idea of “squeezing” the most out of everything we do and maximizing every opportunity to make the most out of a situation, whether it's for business or in our personal lives.
In my case it meant that, Corp I was starting to work for had been taken over by a squeeze the Lemon type company, both customers and employees in this case were acting as the proverbial Lemon.
LNG cleaner than other Fossil Products?
What does it mean in relation to the current situation in where the US supplies gas to Europe?
To put it in simple terms, sanctions implemented on Russia because of the situation in Ukraine lead to drama, drama lead to more drama and finally the drama of blowing up Nordstream pipelines as disclosed by Hersh.
LNG – Liquefied Natural Gas – is natural gas (methane) cryogenically liquefied. LPG – Liquefied Petroleum Gas – is mainly propane and butane alone or in mixtures liquefied under pressure. LPG is produced from crude oil refining and natural gas processing.
Is LNG better for the environment?
LNG produces 40% less carbon dioxide (CO2) than coal and 30% less than oil, which makes it the cleanest of the fossil fuels. It does not emit soot, dust or particulates and produces insignificant amounts of sulfur dioxide, mercury and other compounds considered harmful to the earth's atmosphere.
In principle it is cleaner than the other fossil products, is it though?
Is it? Well, if you are looking at European markets and the distance between the US and Europe one can only assume that this must be way cleaner and cheaper than Russian Gas.. right? Right!
Nah...
Booming LNG industry could be as bad for climate as coal, experts warn
Liquefied natural gas developments on a collision course with Paris agreement, Global Energy Monitor says
Global Energy Monitor researchers found fugitive methane emissions from new LNG extraction and processing would be expected to have as large or larger global heating impact than proposed coal power expansion.
“The truth about LNG is nobody knows what is happening across the supply chain,” Nace said. “But it’s very easy to see leakage of 2% to 3% and if that much gets away into the atmosphere it is significant – it gives a jolt of warming.”
Nace said LNG developments were on a collision course with the Paris agreement and the declining cost of renewable energy. He said it created the risk of more than US$1tn in stranded assets.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/03/booming-lng-industry-could-be-as-bad-for-climate-as-coal-experts-warn
https://i.postimg.cc/tTZkL33P/Picture2.jpg
So there we go, although the above article is already 3 years old, I can't see any change in these findings. Now add to that the delivery system the US is using to get this LNG into Europe? Ships right?
They will also tell you that this is now cleaner due to LNG powered engines thus better for the Environment right? Right!
Cargo ships use a particularly dirty type of fuel but the shipping industry has sought to shift to cleaner-burning LNG. However, Transport & Environment said that an investigation it mounted of LNG-powered ships in service found that they emit methane which is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
14 apr 2022
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202204/1259322.shtml#:~:text=Cargo%20ships%20use%20a%20particularly,greenhouse%20gas%20than%20carbon%20diox ide
Again, according to findings, not cleaner at all. Now think about the increase in volume concerning these ships since the US overtook (*by force) the Gas market concerning Europe.
Planned
Was this planned before 2022? Well, what I do know is that infrastructure, at the time still modeled after Russian Nord stream, was being planned and built before the SMO.
https://i.postimg.cc/LskSsg85/gas-II-vert.jpg
Source (https://www.bruegel.org/policy-brief/european-union-gas-survival-plan-2023)
When looking at the first date on the image above it says September 2021, right? Yes the article below wants to make you believe this is due to Russian Aggression, what aggression was going on in September 2021?
The European Union is investing billions in infrastructure in its effort to replace Russian fuels with liquefied natural gas. This could prove to be a dead end — both for taxpayers and for the climate.
Source (https://www.dw.com/en/to-cut-off-russian-gas-eu-burns-billions-on-lng/a-63863444)
March 5th 2022 von der Leyen said the following
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT54zuvZavMw-8taa1c2kzDsT0QEossn9nQ1A&usqp=CAU
https://nos.nl/artikel/2444541-von-der-leyen-roept-in-kleuren-oekraine-op-tot-solidariteit-in-troonrede
On March 5, just over a week after Russia invaded Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed concern that the Kremlin might turn off the bloc's gas tap. "The EU must get rid of its dependency on fossil fuels," she wrote on Twitter
Von der Leyen then praised Spain, which she called "a frontrunner here, with its large renewables share and LNG capacities."
It would not be the last time that von der Leyen appears to have placed liquefied natural gas within the category of renewable energies. The problem is that LNG is also a fossil fuel: It is pumped out of the ground — in some cases fracked — and in the end burned in ways that are destructive for the climate. This conflation by von der Leyen, who spearheaded the European Green Deal, the EU's road map to decarbonisation, could cost the bloc ecologically and financially.
https://www.dw.com/en/to-cut-off-russian-gas-eu-burns-billions-on-lng/a-63863444
8 days after the start of the SMO, on the ninth day, EU comes out with this statement about the gas deliveries concerning Russia.
On March 25 the following statement is made.
United States and European Commission Announce Task Force to Reduce Europe’s Dependence on Russian Fossil Fuels.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/25/fact-sheet-united-states-and-european-commission-announce-task-force-to-reduce-europes-dependence-on-russian-fossil-fuels/
Almost 2 months later it is followed up with another one.
Joint Statement Between the United States and the European Commission on European Energy Security.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/24/joint-statement-between-the-united-states-and-the-european-commission-on-european-energy-security-3/
Let's track back a little to July 2021.
The US announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal with Germany that would allow completion of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline opposed by the Biden administration as a “malign influence project” that Russia could use to gain leverage over European allies.
The pipeline, which was more than 90% complete when the Biden administration took office and would carry gas from Russian fields to Germany via the Baltic Sea, has generated bipartisan anger and opposition in Congress, where some lawmakers have charged that the US strong-armed Ukraine into accepting the arrangement.
“We don’t threaten our partners,” the senior State Department official said, adding that the administration engaged Ukraine on deliberations with Germany, and expects to work trilateral with Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials immediately registered their disappointment and disapproval, with the country’s foreign minister taking to Twitter.
“Under art. 274 of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, Ukraine is officially initiating consultations with EU Commission & Germany on NS2, which threatens Ukraine’s security, violates the diversification principle of the EU Energy Union,” Dmytro Kuleba wrote. “Notes to Brussels & Berlin already sent.”
Lawmakers made their unhappiness clear as well. The leading Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jim Risch, said in a statement that “not a single member of Congress supports the completion of this pipeline.”
Source (https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/21/politics/us-german-nord-stream-2-deal/index.html)
https://i.postimg.cc/SRzfymYh/gaspipe.jpg
Credit (https://ieefa.org/resources/gas-pipeline-disguise-known-unknowns-about-h2med)
These pipelines were already a thorn in the US's eye way before 2021, talks about sanctions can be tracked back to 2017 & '19 according to the article above (read for full).
Another quick sideline to January of 2022, the 19th to be precise.
The German government has finally dispelled the uncertainty around its stance on Nord Stream 2 and potential sanctions on Russia. But the major tests of Berlin’s ability to act may still lie ahead.
https://ecfr.eu/article/sanctions-in-the-pipeline-germanys-troubles-over-russia-and-nord-stream-2/
Sanctions, sanctions and again... sanctions has been and is all the fashion by the West.
So, Putin did it, Putin is the cause of the Energy prices rising, right? Right!
Informal meeting of transport and energy ministers, 22-23 September 2021
Energy ministers call on Commission to analyse energy price surge.
At the informal Energy and Transport Council meeting on 22 September, some member states expressed concerns over the rising energy prices and called on the Commission to look into the causes of the higher gas and electricity prices. At the meeting, Commissioner Simson committed to delivering a 'toolbox' of possible measures at national and EU level.
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/energy-prices-and-security-of-supply/timeline-energy-prices-and-security-of-supply/
EU Energy (https://european-union.europa.eu/priorities-and-actions/actions-topic/energy_en)
And again one Month later.
Environment Council, 6 October 2021
EU environment ministers met in Luxembourg to exchange views on the Fit for 55 package, prepare the COP26 climate summit and discuss the new EU forest strategy for 2030.
The Council adopted its position at first reading on modifications to the Aarhus Regulation. Ministers also discussed the current surge in energy prices.
Now go back to the 22nd September 2022 meeting and compare it to the September-October 2021 gas infrastructure pic I added to this post earlier, now compare it to both dates on the previous two quotes, coincidence?
See, I can't really say that it might be, also can't claim it isn’t. When we look at the rest of this drama, well, certain things cannot be ignored.
The Siemens turbine for instance, after May 24 2022 (joint statement (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/24/joint-statement-between-the-united-states-and-the-european-commission-on-european-energy-security-3/)(URL Now 404!) we're suddenly dealing with that broken turbine which needs to be fixed in Canada, after it's sent over Trudeau simply refuses to release the turbine due to the sanctions imposed on Russia...
Turbine for Nord Stream 1 delayed due to Canada’s sanctions — Siemens
June 14 2022. One of gas turbines for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipelines cannot be returned to Germany from Montreal because of Canada’s sanctions against Russia, a spokesperson of Siemens Energy told TASS.
Gazprom had to lower natural gas supplies over the Nord Stream q pipeline against the schedule due to untimely return of gas pumping units from repair by Siemens, the Russian gas holding said on Tuesday.
https://tass.com/economy/1464801
Russian Aggression
How about that Russian aggression towards the EU concerning gas eh.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0161893822000345 Another Lie!
Then on July 10th https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/10/canada-to-return-repaired-nord-stream-1-turbine-expand-sanctions-on-russia.html Canada assures Germany that it would send back the Turbine, lies obviously to win time to instigate shortness of product and as a result again rising prices, now simply fabricated by holding back that Turbine.
On July 29th Gazprom claims Canada-to-Germanyhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gazprom-turbine-contract-canada-germany-1.6536425 gas turbine transfer[/URL] not in step with contract.
Delivery of a Nord Stream 1 gas turbine to Germany from Canada after maintenance was not in line with the contract, Gazprom's senior manager said on Friday, stepping up criticism of manufacturer Siemens Energy.
The comments signaled a deepening of a row in which Russia has cited turbine problems as its reason for cutting gas supply via Nord Stream 1 — its main gas link to Europe — to just 20 per cent of capacity from Wednesday.
Vitaly Markelov, Gazprom's deputy chief executive, also said Russia had complained repeatedly to Siemens Energy about problems with other turbines.
European Union strikes deal to ration natural gas amid Russia cut-off fears
Russia cuts flow of gas to Europe, raising fresh doubts about Canada's sanctions waiver.
"We have repeatedly applied to the Russian representative office of Siemens about this, sent 10 letters. “Siemens fixed no more than a quarter of the identified bugs”, he said in a TV interview.
He cited the serial numbers of three other engines that needed repair by Siemens because of faults in May and June that had put them in a state of forced downtime.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gazprom-turbine-contract-canada-germany-1.6536425
The Squeeze
Here we're back to May and June of 2022 again, remember that May statement? I have no doubt that the so called sabotage already started way before the actual Nord Stream pipeline destruction in the Baltic Sea September 26th 2022.
Do not forget that Hers accuses the US, by way of Biden, to have placed the charges in June already, to be blown up in September, just before winter and after Trudeau kept Germany on a string by refusing, not refusing and https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russias-gazprom-says-no-nord-stream-1-turbines-currently-canada-2022-08-25/ again refusing (August 25 2022) to send over the Turbine(s) to Germany.
Again this date coincides with the end date on that new Gas Infrastructure Sept '21- Oct '22, go figure.
September into October 2022, now we're at the moment that the US is going to step in as the great European Savior presenting solutions for a problem they created themselves (like always these Psychos operate).
This has now resulted in a Gas deal which is not only very, very bad for the environment, it also makes Europeans pay 3-4 times more than before the SMO. Keep in mind that these energy prices we're already getting out of hand way before the SMO, reeking towards manipulation.
There is absolutely no reason why the EU should pay 3-4 times the prices the US let their own Citizens pay, unless there is a more macabre reason for it, well, if you get the whole scheme it is not hard to put two and two together (4, lol).
After all it serves two masters at once.
1-) EU citizens partly pay for US aid sent to Ukraine.
2-) EU citizens have less spending power are unhappy and keep getting Propagandized from all sides Putin is to blame, which makes it easier to accept sanctions, war and poverty.
3-) US gets to play savior, making the US more likeable to EU Citizens and draw them further into its "Americanisation program" with the lie of being the "Good Guys".
4-) EU member States are now fully depending on the US when it comes to heating their houses etc.
5-) Selling the lie that LNG is better for the environment while it basically is not and it's just more nonsense sold to appease their own fabricated climate change clowns.
6-)Europeans also pay tax so their respective Governments can give Ukraine Aid and Weapons, basically contributing twice when the US gas price scheme is kept in mind.
Do not fall for the Crocodile tears Macron was showing the World when he accused the US https://balkangreenenergynews.com/france-joins-germany-in-accusing-us-of-using-ukraine-war-to-overcharge-for-gas of using Ukraine war to overcharge for gas, they all knew this would come and they've all been willing participants, Macron, Weasel Supreme, just had this Marketing moment to get the French People of his back by showing false commitment to them, he
Does not care at all about anyone else, we are all just means to an end to these feckers.
The EU was forced to start importing LNG, from the US as well as other countries, but the US’ share has increased sharply, from 28% to 45%. On the other hand, deliveries from Russia have dropped by 75%.
So, how much did we import from the US LNG wise in 2022?
How much LNG will the EU import in 2022?
The European Union imported around 9.34 mt of LNG in December and a total of 94.73 mt in 2022, Kpler data show.
This compares to 5.71 mt in December 2021 and 57.27 mt in all of 2021.
The US represented roughly a third of supplies in December and 41% in all of 2022, and stayed the EU's top LNG supplier.
Source (https://www.kpler.com/blog/eu-lng-imports-reach-all-time-highs-in-december-and-2022#:~:text=The%20European%20Union%20imported%20around,the%20EU%27s%20top%20LNG%20supplier)
Macron's France now
Among EU importers, France overtook Spain as the top importer.
That was particularly the case when pipeline flows from France to Germany started on Oct. 13. Flows had historically only been from Germany to France as Germany used to receive abundant pipeline supplies from Russia.
French LNG imports averaged 2.3 mt per month in October-December, a rise from 2 mt a month in January-September.
At the same time, French piped exports to Germany averaged 114 m m3 a month (84,440 t) in October-December, data from the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) show.
Nothing that has happened concerning that whole LNG drama has been a coincidence, blowing up Nord Stream was not just an act of Terrorism against Russia, it was also a large scale and well in advance planned act of Terror against the Citizens of Europe!
Like mentioned, it was always the plan for Ukraine to attack Russia in a well thought out scheme, unfortunately for these psychopaths the story took a different turn, idiots as they are they did not have a backup plan (truly really due to their psyche in which they cannot imagine something they come up with will go South) and just continued with their original setup to destroy and divide Russia in manageable sectors (puppet states).
by 9ideon:
'Squeeze the Lemon', a phrase first introduced to me when working for Corporate America.
https://i.postimg.cc/d3Z2xJK9/Picture1.jpg
It's the idea of “squeezing” the most out of everything we do and maximizing every opportunity to make the most out of a situation, whether it's for business or in our personal lives.
In my case it meant that, Corp I was starting to work for had been taken over by a squeeze the Lemon type company, both customers and employees in this case were acting as the proverbial Lemon.
LNG cleaner than other Fossil Products?
What does it mean in relation to the current situation in where the US supplies gas to Europe?
To put it in simple terms, sanctions implemented on Russia because of the situation in Ukraine lead to drama, drama lead to more drama and finally the drama of blowing up Nordstream pipelines as disclosed by Hersh.
LNG – Liquefied Natural Gas – is natural gas (methane) cryogenically liquefied. LPG – Liquefied Petroleum Gas – is mainly propane and butane alone or in mixtures liquefied under pressure. LPG is produced from crude oil refining and natural gas processing.
Is LNG better for the environment?
LNG produces 40% less carbon dioxide (CO2) than coal and 30% less than oil, which makes it the cleanest of the fossil fuels. It does not emit soot, dust or particulates and produces insignificant amounts of sulfur dioxide, mercury and other compounds considered harmful to the earth's atmosphere.
In principle it is cleaner than the other fossil products, is it though?
Is it? Well, if you are looking at European markets and the distance between the US and Europe one can only assume that this must be way cleaner and cheaper than Russian Gas.. right? Right!
Nah...
Booming LNG industry could be as bad for climate as coal, experts warn
Liquefied natural gas developments on a collision course with Paris agreement, Global Energy Monitor says
Global Energy Monitor researchers found fugitive methane emissions from new LNG extraction and processing would be expected to have as large or larger global heating impact than proposed coal power expansion.
“The truth about LNG is nobody knows what is happening across the supply chain,” Nace said. “But it’s very easy to see leakage of 2% to 3% and if that much gets away into the atmosphere it is significant – it gives a jolt of warming.”
Nace said LNG developments were on a collision course with the Paris agreement and the declining cost of renewable energy. He said it created the risk of more than US$1tn in stranded assets.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/03/booming-lng-industry-could-be-as-bad-for-climate-as-coal-experts-warn
https://i.postimg.cc/tTZkL33P/Picture2.jpg
So there we go, although the above article is already 3 years old, I can't see any change in these findings. Now add to that the delivery system the US is using to get this LNG into Europe? Ships right?
They will also tell you that this is now cleaner due to LNG powered engines thus better for the Environment right? Right!
Cargo ships use a particularly dirty type of fuel but the shipping industry has sought to shift to cleaner-burning LNG. However, Transport & Environment said that an investigation it mounted of LNG-powered ships in service found that they emit methane which is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
14 apr 2022
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202204/1259322.shtml#:~:text=Cargo%20ships%20use%20a%20particularly,greenhouse%20gas%20than%20carbon%20diox ide
Again, according to findings, not cleaner at all. Now think about the increase in volume concerning these ships since the US overtook (*by force) the Gas market concerning Europe.
Planned
Was this planned before 2022? Well, what I do know is that infrastructure, at the time still modeled after Russian Nord stream, was being planned and built before the SMO.
https://i.postimg.cc/LskSsg85/gas-II-vert.jpg
Source (https://www.bruegel.org/policy-brief/european-union-gas-survival-plan-2023)
When looking at the first date on the image above it says September 2021, right? Yes the article below wants to make you believe this is due to Russian Aggression, what aggression was going on in September 2021?
The European Union is investing billions in infrastructure in its effort to replace Russian fuels with liquefied natural gas. This could prove to be a dead end — both for taxpayers and for the climate.
Source (https://www.dw.com/en/to-cut-off-russian-gas-eu-burns-billions-on-lng/a-63863444)
March 5th 2022 von der Leyen said the following
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT54zuvZavMw-8taa1c2kzDsT0QEossn9nQ1A&usqp=CAU
https://nos.nl/artikel/2444541-von-der-leyen-roept-in-kleuren-oekraine-op-tot-solidariteit-in-troonrede
On March 5, just over a week after Russia invaded Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed concern that the Kremlin might turn off the bloc's gas tap. "The EU must get rid of its dependency on fossil fuels," she wrote on Twitter
Von der Leyen then praised Spain, which she called "a frontrunner here, with its large renewables share and LNG capacities."
It would not be the last time that von der Leyen appears to have placed liquefied natural gas within the category of renewable energies. The problem is that LNG is also a fossil fuel: It is pumped out of the ground — in some cases fracked — and in the end burned in ways that are destructive for the climate. This conflation by von der Leyen, who spearheaded the European Green Deal, the EU's road map to decarbonisation, could cost the bloc ecologically and financially.
https://www.dw.com/en/to-cut-off-russian-gas-eu-burns-billions-on-lng/a-63863444
8 days after the start of the SMO, on the ninth day, EU comes out with this statement about the gas deliveries concerning Russia.
On March 25 the following statement is made.
United States and European Commission Announce Task Force to Reduce Europe’s Dependence on Russian Fossil Fuels.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/25/fact-sheet-united-states-and-european-commission-announce-task-force-to-reduce-europes-dependence-on-russian-fossil-fuels/
Almost 2 months later it is followed up with another one.
Joint Statement Between the United States and the European Commission on European Energy Security.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/24/joint-statement-between-the-united-states-and-the-european-commission-on-european-energy-security-3/
Let's track back a little to July 2021.
The US announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal with Germany that would allow completion of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline opposed by the Biden administration as a “malign influence project” that Russia could use to gain leverage over European allies.
The pipeline, which was more than 90% complete when the Biden administration took office and would carry gas from Russian fields to Germany via the Baltic Sea, has generated bipartisan anger and opposition in Congress, where some lawmakers have charged that the US strong-armed Ukraine into accepting the arrangement.
“We don’t threaten our partners,” the senior State Department official said, adding that the administration engaged Ukraine on deliberations with Germany, and expects to work trilateral with Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials immediately registered their disappointment and disapproval, with the country’s foreign minister taking to Twitter.
“Under art. 274 of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, Ukraine is officially initiating consultations with EU Commission & Germany on NS2, which threatens Ukraine’s security, violates the diversification principle of the EU Energy Union,” Dmytro Kuleba wrote. “Notes to Brussels & Berlin already sent.”
Lawmakers made their unhappiness clear as well. The leading Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jim Risch, said in a statement that “not a single member of Congress supports the completion of this pipeline.”
Source (https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/21/politics/us-german-nord-stream-2-deal/index.html)
https://i.postimg.cc/SRzfymYh/gaspipe.jpg
Credit (https://ieefa.org/resources/gas-pipeline-disguise-known-unknowns-about-h2med)
These pipelines were already a thorn in the US's eye way before 2021, talks about sanctions can be tracked back to 2017 & '19 according to the article above (read for full).
Another quick sideline to January of 2022, the 19th to be precise.
The German government has finally dispelled the uncertainty around its stance on Nord Stream 2 and potential sanctions on Russia. But the major tests of Berlin’s ability to act may still lie ahead.
https://ecfr.eu/article/sanctions-in-the-pipeline-germanys-troubles-over-russia-and-nord-stream-2/
Sanctions, sanctions and again... sanctions has been and is all the fashion by the West.
So, Putin did it, Putin is the cause of the Energy prices rising, right? Right!
Informal meeting of transport and energy ministers, 22-23 September 2021
Energy ministers call on Commission to analyse energy price surge.
At the informal Energy and Transport Council meeting on 22 September, some member states expressed concerns over the rising energy prices and called on the Commission to look into the causes of the higher gas and electricity prices. At the meeting, Commissioner Simson committed to delivering a 'toolbox' of possible measures at national and EU level.
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/energy-prices-and-security-of-supply/timeline-energy-prices-and-security-of-supply/
EU Energy (https://european-union.europa.eu/priorities-and-actions/actions-topic/energy_en)
And again one Month later.
Environment Council, 6 October 2021
EU environment ministers met in Luxembourg to exchange views on the Fit for 55 package, prepare the COP26 climate summit and discuss the new EU forest strategy for 2030.
The Council adopted its position at first reading on modifications to the Aarhus Regulation. Ministers also discussed the current surge in energy prices.
Now go back to the 22nd September 2022 meeting and compare it to the September-October 2021 gas infrastructure pic I added to this post earlier, now compare it to both dates on the previous two quotes, coincidence?
See, I can't really say that it might be, also can't claim it isn’t. When we look at the rest of this drama, well, certain things cannot be ignored.
The Siemens turbine for instance, after May 24 2022 (joint statement (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/24/joint-statement-between-the-united-states-and-the-european-commission-on-european-energy-security-3/)(URL Now 404!) we're suddenly dealing with that broken turbine which needs to be fixed in Canada, after it's sent over Trudeau simply refuses to release the turbine due to the sanctions imposed on Russia...
Turbine for Nord Stream 1 delayed due to Canada’s sanctions — Siemens
June 14 2022. One of gas turbines for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipelines cannot be returned to Germany from Montreal because of Canada’s sanctions against Russia, a spokesperson of Siemens Energy told TASS.
Gazprom had to lower natural gas supplies over the Nord Stream q pipeline against the schedule due to untimely return of gas pumping units from repair by Siemens, the Russian gas holding said on Tuesday.
https://tass.com/economy/1464801
Russian Aggression
How about that Russian aggression towards the EU concerning gas eh.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0161893822000345 Another Lie!
Then on July 10th https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/10/canada-to-return-repaired-nord-stream-1-turbine-expand-sanctions-on-russia.html Canada assures Germany that it would send back the Turbine, lies obviously to win time to instigate shortness of product and as a result again rising prices, now simply fabricated by holding back that Turbine.
On July 29th Gazprom claims Canada-to-Germanyhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gazprom-turbine-contract-canada-germany-1.6536425 gas turbine transfer[/URL] not in step with contract.
Delivery of a Nord Stream 1 gas turbine to Germany from Canada after maintenance was not in line with the contract, Gazprom's senior manager said on Friday, stepping up criticism of manufacturer Siemens Energy.
The comments signaled a deepening of a row in which Russia has cited turbine problems as its reason for cutting gas supply via Nord Stream 1 — its main gas link to Europe — to just 20 per cent of capacity from Wednesday.
Vitaly Markelov, Gazprom's deputy chief executive, also said Russia had complained repeatedly to Siemens Energy about problems with other turbines.
European Union strikes deal to ration natural gas amid Russia cut-off fears
Russia cuts flow of gas to Europe, raising fresh doubts about Canada's sanctions waiver.
"We have repeatedly applied to the Russian representative office of Siemens about this, sent 10 letters. “Siemens fixed no more than a quarter of the identified bugs”, he said in a TV interview.
He cited the serial numbers of three other engines that needed repair by Siemens because of faults in May and June that had put them in a state of forced downtime.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gazprom-turbine-contract-canada-germany-1.6536425
The Squeeze
Here we're back to May and June of 2022 again, remember that May statement? I have no doubt that the so called sabotage already started way before the actual Nord Stream pipeline destruction in the Baltic Sea September 26th 2022.
Do not forget that Hers accuses the US, by way of Biden, to have placed the charges in June already, to be blown up in September, just before winter and after Trudeau kept Germany on a string by refusing, not refusing and https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russias-gazprom-says-no-nord-stream-1-turbines-currently-canada-2022-08-25/ again refusing (August 25 2022) to send over the Turbine(s) to Germany.
Again this date coincides with the end date on that new Gas Infrastructure Sept '21- Oct '22, go figure.
September into October 2022, now we're at the moment that the US is going to step in as the great European Savior presenting solutions for a problem they created themselves (like always these Psychos operate).
This has now resulted in a Gas deal which is not only very, very bad for the environment, it also makes Europeans pay 3-4 times more than before the SMO. Keep in mind that these energy prices we're already getting out of hand way before the SMO, reeking towards manipulation.
There is absolutely no reason why the EU should pay 3-4 times the prices the US let their own Citizens pay, unless there is a more macabre reason for it, well, if you get the whole scheme it is not hard to put two and two together (4, lol).
After all it serves two masters at once.
1-) EU citizens partly pay for US aid sent to Ukraine.
2-) EU citizens have less spending power are unhappy and keep getting Propagandized from all sides Putin is to blame, which makes it easier to accept sanctions, war and poverty.
3-) US gets to play savior, making the US more likeable to EU Citizens and draw them further into its "Americanisation program" with the lie of being the "Good Guys".
4-) EU member States are now fully depending on the US when it comes to heating their houses etc.
5-) Selling the lie that LNG is better for the environment while it basically is not and it's just more nonsense sold to appease their own fabricated climate change clowns.
6-)Europeans also pay tax so their respective Governments can give Ukraine Aid and Weapons, basically contributing twice when the US gas price scheme is kept in mind.
Do not fall for the Crocodile tears Macron was showing the World when he accused the US https://balkangreenenergynews.com/france-joins-germany-in-accusing-us-of-using-ukraine-war-to-overcharge-for-gas of using Ukraine war to overcharge for gas, they all knew this would come and they've all been willing participants, Macron, Weasel Supreme, just had this Marketing moment to get the French People of his back by showing false commitment to them, he
Does not care at all about anyone else, we are all just means to an end to these feckers.
The EU was forced to start importing LNG, from the US as well as other countries, but the US’ share has increased sharply, from 28% to 45%. On the other hand, deliveries from Russia have dropped by 75%.
So, how much did we import from the US LNG wise in 2022?
How much LNG will the EU import in 2022?
The European Union imported around 9.34 mt of LNG in December and a total of 94.73 mt in 2022, Kpler data show.
This compares to 5.71 mt in December 2021 and 57.27 mt in all of 2021.
The US represented roughly a third of supplies in December and 41% in all of 2022, and stayed the EU's top LNG supplier.
Source (https://www.kpler.com/blog/eu-lng-imports-reach-all-time-highs-in-december-and-2022#:~:text=The%20European%20Union%20imported%20around,the%20EU%27s%20top%20LNG%20supplier)
Macron's France now
Among EU importers, France overtook Spain as the top importer.
That was particularly the case when pipeline flows from France to Germany started on Oct. 13. Flows had historically only been from Germany to France as Germany used to receive abundant pipeline supplies from Russia.
French LNG imports averaged 2.3 mt per month in October-December, a rise from 2 mt a month in January-September.
At the same time, French piped exports to Germany averaged 114 m m3 a month (84,440 t) in October-December, data from the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) show.
Nothing that has happened concerning that whole LNG drama has been a coincidence, blowing up Nord Stream was not just an act of Terrorism against Russia, it was also a large scale and well in advance planned act of Terror against the Citizens of Europe!
Like mentioned, it was always the plan for Ukraine to attack Russia in a well thought out scheme, unfortunately for these psychopaths the story took a different turn, idiots as they are they did not have a backup plan (truly really due to their psyche in which they cannot imagine something they come up with will go South) and just continued with their original setup to destroy and divide Russia in manageable sectors (puppet states).