Gasunie, a gas transportation company from the Netherlands, has completely written off its nine percent stake in Nord Stream. press office companies.
“In the current geopolitical environment, Gasunie does not expect Nord Stream to resume gas supplies in the foreseeable future and, as a result, does not expect to receive any dividends. Thus, the value of Gasunie’s stake in Nord Stream has decreased to €0 at the end of 2022,” the press release says.
Gasunie owns the Dutch gas transmission network with a total length of more than 12,000 km and a 3,000 km network in Germany. The company acquired a nine percent stake in Nord Stream AG, which operates the Nord Stream gas pipeline, in November 2007. Nord Stream AG is 51% owned by Gazprom’s subsidiary, 15.5% by German Wintershall Dea and E.ON, and 9% by French Engie.
The company recalled that in the middle of last year it reduced the book value of a nine percent stake in Nord Stream from €508 million to €240 million. did not use them to supply gas to Europe, the press service said.
In September 2022, pressure dropped sharply at Nord Stream and the non-commissioned Nord Stream 2 due to explosions, and gas leaks occurred. The European authorities called it a diversion, but still have not come to a conclusion who is behind them.
In February 2023, American journalist Seymour Hersh, citing an anonymous source, said that the United States and Norway were behind the explosion. Yesterday, March 7, The New York Times, citing American officials, reported that a pro-Ukrainian group was involved in the explosions at Nord Stream. Die Zeit wrote that German investigators identified the vessel from which the attack was carried out: it was rented by a company owned by Ukrainians. The Kremlin called the media materials a coordinated stuffing.
On the future of Nord Streams – in the material “Kommersant FM” “Nord Streams will end with conservation.”
