Key gas pipeline from Russia to Europe restarts

Natural gas started flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe after a 10-day shutdown for maintenance, the operator said.But the gas flow was expected to fall well short of full capacity on Thursday and the outlook was uncertain. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline under the Baltic Sea to Germany had been closed since July 11 for annual maintenance work.Amid growing tensions over Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, German officials had feared that the pipeline - the country’s main source of Russian gas, which recently has accounted for around a third of Germany’s gas supplies - might not reopen at all.