After Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic also report reduced gas supplies from Russia. A spokesman for the domestic oil and gas group OMV said Russian supplier had informed Gazprom of a cut. “We will replace these quantities with storage quantities and quantities from the spot market, if necessary because of the lower gas demand. Supply to our customers is currently guaranteed.”
A spokesman for Czech utility company CEZ also said on Thursday that there were restrictions due to technical issues. Gazprom had already cut gas deliveries to Germany by two days this week, citing delays in repairing gas compressors.
Delivery Reduced by Nord Stream Baltic Sea Pipeline
On Thursday evening, Gazprom had further reduced its gas supplies to Germany via the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea. As can be seen from the transport data of the pipeline manager published on the internet, the gas volume has fallen sharply from 11 p.m. on Wednesday evening.
Driving the nerves and the prices up
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said the move was clearly a strategy to distort and push prices up.
Habeck said the past few days have shown how important it is to free yourself from dependence on Russia. The expansion of renewable energy sources is also a matter of national and European security.
In a video that was distributed via Twitter, the Green politician also called for energy savings. “Now is the time to do that.” Every kilowatt hour helps.
Source: Krone
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