Second Nord Stream 2 thread filled with gas

The President of the Russian Gazprom group Alexey Miller informed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that that day the gas filling of the second strand of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was completed and that the gas pipeline was ready to operate.

Miller reported that 12.36 billion metres of six were taken from Russian underground gas storage facilities this season. fuel, or 17 percent of the operational reserve. "So they are filled in 83 percent," he added.

He stressed that Gazprom reliably delivers agreed gas volumes to both national and foreign customers. "We fully respect our export obligations resulting from multi-annual bilateral contracts," he added.

Meanwhile, Gazprom on Wednesday, the ninth day in a row did not reserve capacity for the transit of raw material via the Jamal-Europe pipeline. The Russian company claims that this is due to the lack of fuel demand.

The head of the company reported that Gazprom had transferred 41.5 billion m six through Ukraine this year. gas, compared to planned in contract 40 billion m six. He also emphasized that Ukraine has had a minimum stock of this raw material in its underground warehouses since December 24th; they have fallen to 14 billion m six, i.e. they are 10 billion m six lower. than at the end of last year.

However, the construction of a gas pipeline that runs from Russia to Germany at the bottom of the Baltic Sea bypassing Ukraine was completed in September this year. Nord Stream 2 still needs to be approved for use by German and EU regulatory authorities. The Nord Stream 2 certification process is expected to be completed no earlier than the end of the first half of 2022.

Source: PAP