Russian state-owned natural gas company Gazprom said on Thursday that transit volumes through the Sudzha gas metering station near Kursk – the only remaining route for Russian gas to transit to Europe through Ukraine – had declined amid Ukraine’s continued advance into the region.
“Gazprom supplies Russian gas for transit through the territory of Ukraine in the volume confirmed by the Ukrainian side through the Sudzha gas metering station – 37.3 million cubic meters (1.3 billion cubic feet) as of August 8,” Gazprom representative Sergei Kupriyanov said, according to Interfax Russia.
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The article said the volume on Wednesday, a day earlier, was 39.4 million cubic meters (1.4 billion cubic feet), almost 2 million cubic meters (70.6 million cubic feet) more, and said Thursday’s level was 12 percent lower than the usual weekday level.
However, Kupriyanov did not comment on whether the decline was a direct result of the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region, which began in the early hours of August 6.
Gas transit from Ukraine to Europe remains unchanged, Interfax Russia reported, citing data from the European Network of Gas Transmission System Operators (ENTSOG).
Despite EU sanctions on Russia’s energy sector, the bloc continued to import gas following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, even as Russia’s share of supplying countries fell from 40 percent in 2021 to about 8 percent in 2023, according to a Deutsche Welle (DW) report.
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