Gas compressor station in Slovakia. Archival photo PRAGUE, May 17. Gas supplies from the Russian Federation to Slovakia will be reduced by 50% on Friday, Richard Prokipchak, CEO of the Slovak gas importer SPP, said at the ITAPA 2022 conference, quoted by the online publication České noviny. «According to Prokipchak, the Russian side announced to SPP a 50% reduction in gas supplies on Friday. Prokipchak mentioned the risk of a possible complete cessation of gas supplies from Russia to Slovakia, but, according to him, the current events do not threaten the functioning of the company. This week there has already been a decrease in gas supplies from the Russian Federation to Slovakia, on Wednesday — by 10%, on Thursday — by 34%,» the message says. />France no longer receives Russian pipeline gas As the SPP CEO noted, a 50% reduction in gas supplies will only partially affect the company's activities, but there is a real threat that supplies from Russia will stop completely. The situation can be alleviated, according to Prokipchak, by the supply of gas from the North Sea through Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as by obtaining liquefied natural gas. Both became possible thanks to recently signed agreements with new partners. «Our goal is to ensure that the population and industry of the republic do not suffer (due to gas shortages),» Prokipchak said. He also said that SPP continues to replenish gas storage facilities, which are now filled at a level equal to about one-third of the country's annual consumption, České noviny reported. » />»This is just the beginning». factories in Europe
