the United States will impose sanctions against “Gazprom” after the completion of construction of the pipeline “Nord stream-2” (SP-2). This was announced by Senator Ted Cruz. Earlier, Germany rejected the pipeline in the relief from the Gas Directive of the European Union, on which producing natural gas, the company should not own the pipeline. The sanctions will affect the laying vessel “Akademik Chersky”, heads of “Gazprom” and its partners. Whether in these conditions, Russia is to complete an ambitious energy project designed to ensure the delivery of domestic gas to Germany under the Baltic sea?
According to the Republican Senator Cruz, USA is ready to impose sanctions against “Gazprom” and the vessel-pipelayer, if the pipeline is completed. Now Gazprom laying vessel “Akademik Chersky” is in the German port of Mukran. He probably needs to finish the remaining part of the pipeline, although the work is not yet underway. If this happens, the ship, in accordance with the American sanctions, will lose all future contracts for work in foreign waters, said the partner of consulting company RusEnergy Michael Krutikhin.
the Expert explained that the sanctions, in the form as they are spelled out in the new edition of American law, have a binding effect for the administration of the United States. That is, it is obliged to enter them, even if by trump, for example, doesn’t want that. “The sanctions, first, will affect the vessel-pipelayer, which is employed in the construction. “Academician of the Chersky” it will be impossible to use anywhere except Russian waters. Secondly, sanctions will be directed against the owner of the pipelayer. Though the ship is in an operational administration “daughters” “Gazprom” “Gazpromviet”, the legal owner is the state Corporation. Sanctions will touch the leaders of “Gazprom”, they will be denied entry into the United States. Also will the arrest of the Bank accounts of the company abroad and the company’s partners will have to refuse to cooperate with the company if they do not want to become the target of the U.S.” – described Krutikhin scale of future disasters.
According to him, a similar set of negative consequences is a serious obstacle to the completion of pipeline construction. “If “Gazprom” will go to completion under the pressure of Russian authorities, it will receive severe sanctions. But before that, the company still needs to obtain permission from the Danish authorities to work in its waters,” he reminds Krutikhin.
the United States feared that the commissioning of the SP-2 will compete with the American suppliers of liquefied natural gas, says Director of the energy development Fund Sergey Pikin. Thus, the U.S. government by political means to solve their economic and trade issues. “Nord stream-2 will definitely be completed. There are only 160 km, etquestion about two months of work. The only question is when the work will begin and in what pipelay. A few options – “Academician charskiy” can be equipped to transfer the ship to another company or attract other vessels in the Baltic sea. Opportunities exist, but to reveal them, apparently, the operators of the pipeline do not want certainly not subjected to court sanctions”, – concluded the interlocutor of “MK”.
