Norway has pledged to continue to supply large volumes of gas to Germany, while warning that its capacity is not unlimited. “We cannot just make a political decision to further increase gas supplies. Norway has already increased its gas exports and is now supplying the best it can,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said after meeting with the German chancellor. Olaf Scholz. Scholz) in Oslo on the evening of Monday, August 15th.

Scholz thanked Norway for providing the maximum possible volumes of natural gas. “This is very important to reduce our dependence on Russian gas. Norway is a special partner for Germany. We want to expand and deepen our energy partnership,” he said.

Previously, Scholz participated in the Nordic Council countries conference, which, in addition to Germany and Norway, includes Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. The main topics of the meeting were energy supply and the security situation in the context of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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Norway currently supplies record volumes of oil and gas to Germany and Europe in general. For Germany, Norway is the second largest gas supplier after Russia. Currently, Norway covers more than 30% of Germany’s natural gas needs. Norway significantly increased its gas exports after the start of the war in Ukraine and thus replaced part of Russia’s gas imports.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Norway adjusted up gas production in three main fields. At the same time, Norway’s production and pipeline capacity is already at its limit.