Gazprom

European countries are preparing for Gazprom PJSC’s next move as a 10-day maintenance period on the Nord Stream 1 (NS1) natural gas pipeline is scheduled to end July 21.  Whether the pipeline returns to full capacity, reduced capacity or in a worst case scenario, no deliveries at all, has left Europe readying for the worst.…

Russia’s Gazprom PJSC said in a Wednesday statement it currently had no indication vital equipment for its Nord Stream 1 (NS1) pipeline would be returned from Canada, potentially reversing hopes of a quick restoration of natural gas capacity for Europe. A gas turbine engine from one of NS1’s compressor stations (CS) has been under maintenance…

Another crisis for Europe’s gas market was avoided late Monday after the Norwegian government intervened to stop a strike that could have significantly cut production from some of the country’s most critical gas fields. Norway’s Labor Ministry announced late Tuesday that the government took emergency action to intervene in the flagging negotiations between the Lederne…

News that the outage at Freeport LNG in the US will last longer than initially expected drove up the ICIS European TTF gas benchmark due to lower expected US exports. The ICIS East Asia Index (EAX) also climbed, underscoring its close ties to Europe’s prices.

Europe’s largest gas buyers continued to see cuts in Russian deliveries Friday. Germany’s Uniper SE had received roughly 40% of its nominations, while Eni SpA had received about 50% of its orders. Slovakia also reported that its flows had been cut in half. Austria and the Czech Republic have seen flows reduced, while volumes from Russia arriving in France via Germany have been cut entirely. France receives less than 20% of its gas via Germany. 

European and Asian natural gas prices continued soaring higher Wednesday with the market on edge about two key supply outages in Russia and the United States. Word on Tuesday that the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on Quintana Island, TX, Freeport LNG, won’t enter full service until later this year after an explosion, as well…

Gazprom PJSC said Tuesday that it can only ship 100 million cubic meters/day (MMcm) on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, or 40% less than the system’s capacity.

European natural gas prices continued their decline Tuesday as storage inventories on the continent appeared on track to fill by the end of summer. The prompt Title Transfer Facility (TTF) contract has shed nearly $5 over the last week. While liquefied natural gas (LNG) arrivals have slowed somewhat, they remain well above deliveries at this…

Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom PJSC has threatened a cut-off of natural gas supplies to Denmark and the Netherlands, and a partial reduction for Germany, as it continues to demand contract payments in rubles. On Monday, Denmark’s Ørsted AS and GasTerra BV in the Netherlands both reported they were notified by state-controlled Gazprom that it would halt…