Russian Gas Flows to Europe via Ukraine Decrease, Reports Reuters

Daily requests for Russian gas deliveries to Slovakia via Ukraine have decreased in response to lower overall deliveries, with one transportation route currently suspended, according to pipeline operator data released on Thursday.

At the Velke Kapusany border point in Slovakia, daily requests had dropped to approximately 512,056 megawatt hours (MWh), down from 856,922 MWh earlier in the day, as reported by the Slovakian operator TSO Eustream.

Furthermore, Ukraine’s gas transit system operator indicated that Russian state gas company Gazprom had booked 53.19 million cubic metres (mcm) of transit capacity through the Sudzha entry point, a decrease from the transit flows of 73.4 mcm per day observed on Wednesday.

Nominations at the Sokhranivka transit point, where gas flows were suspended earlier this week, remained at zero.

In related news, Moscow has imposed sanctions on the owner of the Polish section of the Yamal pipeline, which facilitates the transport of Russian gas to Europe. This sanction also affects the former German unit of Gazprom, whose subsidiaries are involved in servicing Europe’s gas supply.

In recent weeks, the Yamal-Europe pipeline’s flows through Poland into Germany have predominantly been operating in reverse, with Gazprom halting supplies to Poland in April.

On Thursday morning, exit flows into Poland at the Mallnow metering point on the German border registered at 9,733,381 kilowatt hours per hour (kWh/h), a decrease from about 10,400,000 kWh/h the previous day, according to data from the Gascade pipeline operator.

In contrast, flows of Russian gas to Germany through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline across the Baltic Sea remained consistent day to day, recorded at 73,210,542 kWh/h.