Germany said that it could be managed for three days Nord Stream 1 stopped working and believed that Russia would restart the pipe after the maintenance was completed.

I think we can manage, Klaus Muller, director of the federal network agency (BNA), in an interview with Reuters today.

BNA manages electricity, gas, telecommunications, post and rail markets in Germany.

The comment was given a few hours after Russian Energy Group Gazprom completely stopped Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Germany for maintenance for three days, expected to be completed at 1 hour GMT (8am Hanoi) on 3 days.

After the repair is completed and if the unit has no technical problems, the gas transport will be restored to 33 million m3 per day, equivalent to 20% of the pipe maximum capacity, Gazprom said.

A facility on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline system in Lubmin, Germany on August 30.

Germany, significantly dependent on gas from Russia, accused Moscow being using energy as weapons.

Nord Stream 1 is the largest gas pipeline from Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea, transporting about 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year.

Germany is racing to reduce dependence on the supply of gas from Russia.

LNG was later converted into conventional gas and pumped into Gascade's distribution system, the German pipeline operating unit.

We are expected to pump gas into the distribution system from December 1, Deutsche Regas, LNG Project Management Company in Lubmin, said.

To prevent the risk of energy deficiency, Berlin in July also set a series of targets to help gas reserves reach 95% of capacity in November.

Location of Nord Stream gas pipeline 1. Graphic: DW.

Prime Minister Scholz affirmed that Germany is now in a better position in ensuring supply and can deal with threatening gas from Russia.

The German government is said to have established a company with the intention of nationalization Gazprom Germania, a branch of Russian Energy Group Gazprom.