Gazprom’s German partner of Wintershall Dea Mario Meren answered the statement of the head of the US Ministry of Energy Jennifer Granholm about the “dirty” Russian gas. He stated about this RBC.
Investor of the North Stream-2 project called Russian gas “a very high-quality and reliable source of energy” for Europe. He also recalled that Wintershall Dea is one of the founders of the international initiative Methane Guiding Principles and advocates a decrease in methane emissions from gas production. Gazprom supports this task, and we are working together on this, “- Meren.
According to the source of the publication, the pipeline gas is the best solution than transporting any liquefied natural gas, including from the United States, not only because of the reliability of supplies and purity, but also because of the more affordable price.
In May, US Energy Minister Jennifer Granholm doubted the environmental friendliness of Russian gas and called him “the dirty” in the world. Commenting on her words, Senator Alexei Pushkov joked that, unlike Russian, American gas consists of “Freedom Molecules”.
Initially, the launch of the North Stream-2 gas pipeline was scheduled for the end of 2019, but due to American sanctions it had to postpone several times. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in June that the completion of the second branch of the pipeline will occur after one and a half or two months. The first thread began to fill in gas on June 11.