Putin's cutoff of key natural gas supplies? Gaslighting in an article about natural gas supplies...
It was all self-inflicted really. They did not grant permission to operate Nord Stream 2. They stopped providing machine parts and mechanical maintenance services to Russia. Which meant the German Siemens gas turbines that pump the gas in the Nord Stream pipeline stopped working and the flow in the pipeline had to be cut. Then the "allies" on the other side of the pond blew up the Nord Stream 1/2 pipelines. Germany nationalized Gazprom's gas storage facilities in Germany. So Gazprom stopped providing natural gas to that specific gas storage facility. Poland nationalized Gazprom property including the Yamal pipeline. So Gazprom stopped selling gas through that pipeline. Ukraine cut the gas flow from Russia to the EU via Ukraine by half, claiming that area was in conflict, and soon might cut it all out altogether as contracts expire.
Whoever was buying gas from the TurkStream is still buying it just fine. Until that also gets sabotaged somehow. And LNG sales from Russia to the EU are still not sanctioned and happening.
In the meantime US and Qatari LNG production is expected to expand in two years. Some people think that will solve the shortage. But I kind of doubt it since there simply aren't enough ships to move all that LNG in service. And even if all the infrastructure is built, maybe around 2030, it will still not be price competitive with other forms of energy. At that time Power of Siberia 2 and Arctic LNG 2 will also likely be online. Which means China will have much cheaper natural gas than the EU.
Some countries in the EU also have programs to build small modular nuclear power plants. A lot of those projects are supposed to be done by US companies. But when you examine their progress closely, you realize that the whole thing is smoke, mirrors, and vaporware. None of those small modular nuclear power plants has ever been operational anywhere.
