Westward natural gas flows through the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline stopped on Friday, while Gazprom’s demands for additional transit capacity through Ukraine remain at elevated levels, data from gas operators show. pipeline.
Flows into Germany through the Mallnow measurement point stood at about 101,119 kilowatt hours (kWh/h) early on Friday and were about 13.5 million kilowatt hours overnight, reports Reuters.
Russian energy company Gazprom resumed westbound natural gas supplies via the Yamal-Europe pipeline to Germany from Poland on Thursday, reserving 7.8 million kilowatt-hours of gas transit capacity through the pipeline for tomorrow. from Friday to Saturday morning.
The pipeline between Poland and Germany typically accounts for about 15% of Russia’s westbound gas supply, bound for Europe and Turkey. However, since December it has been working in reverse and has pushed up gas prices in Europe [NG/GB].
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia will continue to supply gas to world markets, even though the United States and its European allies have tightened sanctions against Moscow following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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