Gazprom PJSC said in a report to Russian President Vladimir Putin last week that it continues to fulfill all contractual obligations for shipping natural gas to Europe, which has been desperate for the fuel this winter. 

“As usual, Gazprom has been providing reliable gas supplies to our consumers in Russia and abroad,” said Gazprom’s Alexey Miller, chairman of the management committee, in a report  in late December. “We have been fulfilling all of our contractual export obligations under long-term bilateral contracts in accordance with requests.”

Miller said Russia started the withdrawal season with about 2.5 Tcf in storage and a daily deliverability of about 30 Bcf. “Both the working gas reserves and the daily deliverability are at all-time highs for our country,”...