Russia’s Gazprom has shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany, claiming that it has been unable to repair the necessary equipment. Now, in a facility near the start point of Nord Stream 1, Russia has launched LNG production and has a tanker ready to take the gas to market. Russia has been shutting down pipelines and flaring gas instead of selling it to Europe, and this LNG facility is further evidence of its new natural gas strategy. Gazprom has launched liquefied natural gas (LNG) production at a facility close to the starting point of the now-shut Nord Stream gas pipeline to Germany, the Russian company’s deputy CEO Vitaly Markelov said on Tuesday. The Portovaya plant close to Nord Stream’s compressor station of the same name, where Russia typically starts gas supply via the pipeline, has already produced 30,000 tons of LNG and has two operational lines, Russian […]