U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Bosnian Croat lawmakers to stop holding up legislation to build a natural gas pipeline with Croatia, seen as an alternative to Russian gas, local media reported on Thursday.
Ukraine s state gas transit operator on Wednesday proposed reversing gas flows through the Trans-Balkan pipeline, which would allow gas to be pumped from the Balkans to Central and Eastern European countries through Ukraine.
Natural gas pipeline exports to Europe by Russia s Gazprom were down 2.4% in October compared to September, according to Reuters calculations based on volumes supplied via Ukraine and Turkey.
Didier Holleaux, the International Gas Union’s regional coordinator for Europe, believes the continent is in good shape to get through winter with sufficient gas supply, but cold weather and disruptions in Russian pipeline and LNG supply still pose a risk. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 9]