Posted on 08/09/2022 9:18:51 AM PDT by elpadre
MOSCOW. Aug 9 (Interfax) - Ukraine's Gas Transport System Operator (GTSOU) has accepted a request from Gazprom for Tuesday to transport 42.1 million cubic meters of gas through the country, up from 41.8 mcm on Monday, data from GTSOU show.
Capacity was requested only through one of two entry points into Ukraine's Gas Transport System, the Sudzha metering station. A request was not accepted through the Sokhranivka metering station.
"Gazprom is supplying Russian gas for transit through the territory of Ukraine at the volume confirmed by the Ukraine side via the Sudzha metering station at 42.1 million cubic meters on August 9, with booking via the Sokhranivka metering station declined," Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov told reporters.
GTSOU declared a force majeure in regard to accepting gas for transit through Sokhranivka, claiming that it cannot control the Novopskov compressor station. Ukraine also said that if gas continued to be fed from Russia to the Sokhranivka station, amounts would be reduced accordingly at the exit points from Ukraine's gas transport system. The route through Sokhranivka provided transit of more than 30 mcm of gas per day.
Gazprom believes there are no grounds for force majeure or obstacles to continuing to operations as before.
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Wind plants generated 11.3% of the EU's electricity in the past week, falling to just 7.9% on Monday, the lowest for several weeks, data from WindEurope show. The weather forecast for Europe is sunny and only light breezes, with temperatures set to rise above 30 degrees by the end of the week, meaning increased use of electricity for air conditioning, low wind power generation and reduced gas injection into underground storage.
(Excerpt) Read more at interfax.com ...
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“..Europe is continuing to inject gas into underground gas storage (UGS) facilities, where stocks now stand at 72.1%, up by 0.47 percentage points from the last reporting date, August 7.
Data on the state of UGS, levels in which are now regulated by the law, have become one of the most important economic and political indicators for Europe, reflecting EU leaders’ ability to ensure energy security...”
Although this is Russian sourced, by all appearances the EU and Russia seem to be working together with some degree of normalcy. Or am I overlooking something???
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