MOSCOW, Jan 10 A pipeline that usually sends gas from Russia to Europe was stuck in reverse after three weeks today, pushing up prices in Europe at a time of political tension between Moscow and the West. Wholesale prices in Europe were up 5 per cent today as gas on the Yamal-Europe pipeline.
MOSCOW, Jan 4 Natural gas supplies via the Yamal-Europe pipeline, which usually sends Russian gas west into Europe, jumped today in direction of Poland from Germany, data from German network operator Gascade showed. The gas was flowing in a reverse mode, from Germany to Poland, for a 15th.
MOSCOW, Jan 1 Flows along the Yamal-Europe pipeline that carries Russian gas west into Europe remained reversed for a 12th day and increased today, but requests for westbound deliveries suggested the unusual reversal might end soon. The pipeline annually delivers about one-sixth of the gas.
With the arrival of winter in Europe and energy prices soaring, tensions are running high over the provision of gas from Russia especially through the Yamal-Europe pipeline that runs through Poland and Belarus.
Yet the Yamal pipeline is just one part of a complex gas infrastructure network shaped not only by energy needs but also wider economic interests and politics, including strife between Russia and Ukraine.
The pipeline, opened in 1994, runs across 2,000km to Germany from the city of Torjok in central Russia, transiting through Belarus and Poland.
It delivers 30 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe each year,
MOSCOW, Dec 24 Europe is paying record gas prices because of its failure to sign long-term supply contracts and could ease the pressure by ending delays to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that runs from Russia to Germany, a top Russian official said today. Europe’s benchmark gas price climbed.