Namely, the former concern “Latvijas gāze” was divided into three components. The distribution of power between the main gas supply tap changers in Latvia is 2:1 in favor of Russia. The repetition of LG’s August 10 statement on August 18 shows not so much the amount of natural gas in Inchukalni as LG’s confidence in its rights and possibilities to give or not give gas to different consumers or their groups. “If LG sells gas intended for households to someone else, then it is LG’s responsibility,” she continued without explaining what – administrative, civil or criminal – responsibility and exactly to whom – LG or its officials – this responsibility will be applied. It is not reasonable to avoid complying with the law, and LG must continue to comply with the requirements of the law,” said Economy Minister Ilze Indriksone right away. “LG has to fulfill the legal requirements. LG’s confirmation of August 18 repeated what the company had already announced on August 10, and which was then denied by the Latvian Ministry of Economy and the Latvian state-owned gas transporter and storage company “Conexus Baltic Grid”. See also Oil needs more investment to avoid a similar gas crisis On the other hand, the current restrictions on buying natural gas from Russia, which are being implemented in Latvia and throughout the European Union, do not prevent the supply of natural gas to Russia. They can work even in Russia, because the gas pipeline system was built in Soviet times with the calculation that gas will be stored in Inchukalni for the needs of the northwestern regions of Russia. LG also recognizes the 1,031 TWh of energy stored in Inčukalnā under its name, which is located there in accordance not with Latvian law, but with LG’s contracts with other merchants. Thus, the LG gives a hint or a belzien with a stake, what is the importance of the laws of Latvia and the country that issues such laws. The meaning of the “Latvijas gas” announcement is that Latvia will not have exactly the gas reserves that should be there according to Latvian law. Very elementary arithmetic operations reveal that, if we continue in this spirit, Latvia will start the heating season with practically no gas reserves, contrary to the law’s requirement to pump in until August 31 and not to touch the amount of natural gas until September 30 that Latvian households need in the months of accumulated gas consumption until the moment when next year’s savings begins. Yes, there is some stock and there will be on August 31, but its energy value is much smaller and rapidly decreasing from 0.45 TWh at the time of the announcement to 0.29 TWh on August 31. ![]() On August 18, “Latvijas gāze” (LG) once again confirmed that it is unable to fulfill the requirement set for it even at the level of the Energy Law of Latvia, that on August 31 of each year it has deposited natural gas in the Inčukalna underground gas storage, the amount of which in energy units would be no less than 1, 15 per terawatt hour (TWh).
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