Further cuts of Russian natural gas pipeline volumes to Europe could be casting shadow on the European Union’s (EU) ambitious winter storage goals as governments on the continent warn of impending shortfalls.

Russia’s Gazprom PJSC cut natural gas deliveries on Nord Stream 1 (NS1) to 20% of capacity Wednesday, blaming overdo maintenance on turbines feeding the line. Deliveries have been reduced since last month. 

European Union members have previously raised concerns that any reduction to volumes could threaten the goal of filling natural gas storage inventories to 80% of capacity by November.

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