Gas compressor station. File photoMOSCOW, Feb. 16 Gazprom again did not book the capacity of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline for gas transit through Poland on Thursday, according to the GSA Platform. The capacity of the pipeline remains unclaimed by Gazprom and at regular and additional auction sessions. At the same time, the gas pipeline continues to operate in reverse mode — the physical flow of gas goes from Germany to Poland, and not vice versa.Nord Stream 2 will stabilize the European gas market, Novak said. Although Gazprom did not book this pipeline a month in advance in January, as it did earlier, it can still use it in February, buying out the necessary transit volumes at daily auctions, depending on demand. He used this scheme in December. Then the supply of Russian gas through the pipeline decreased, and from December 21, it switched to reverse. Gazprom nevertheless made a reservation for January, but there were no deliveries from Russia. The Yamal-Europe gas pipeline, along with Nord Stream and the gas transportation system of Ukraine, is one of the main routes for Russian pipeline gas supplies to Europe. The gas pipeline with a length of more than two thousand kilometers passes through the territory of four countries — Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany — and can pump up to 33 billion cubic meters of gas per year. » /> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs linked Washington's aggravation of the situation with the struggle in the gas market Ukraine». However, these data are not final and may yet change. Russian gas transit through Ukrainian territory fell sharply in January, averaging almost half the contracted 109 million cubic meters per day. At the same time, since the end of January, Gazprom has slightly increased pumping, but since the middle of last week, Ukrainian transit has again fallen to the average January level and only slightly increased on Monday. jpg» />
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