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Yamal-Europe gas pipeline shut down by Russia on Friday. It fed Poland and Germany

Gas from Russia accounts for about 40% of European gas demand. According to Gascade, the flow of Russian gas through the Yamal-Europa pipeline from Poland to Germany stopped on Friday.

However, according to data from the Gascade operator, they showed a stop of the flow and on Thursday, the Russian energy giant Gazprom resumed the deliveries of natural gas to the west through the Yamal-Europe pipeline to Germany from Poland. The company has set aside 7.8 million kilowatts per hour of pipeline gas transit capacity for Friday morning through Saturday morning.

Russian gas flows to Germany through the Mallnow metering point were about 101,119 kilowatt hours on Friday morning and about 13.5 million kilowatt hours per night, according to Reuters.

Poland, decision on gas pipeline, due to price increases. The gas pipeline has been operating in reverse since December

The gas pipeline between Poland and Germany usually accounts for about 15% of Russian gas supply in Europe and Turkey. However, since December, it has been operating in the opposite direction, leading to higher gas prices in Europe.

In fact, gas prices in Europe have also risen due to unstable gas supplies from Russia, as well as high fuel demand, as economies have begun to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

Specifically, the German-Polish section of the pipeline reversed the gas flow to the east on December 21. Then, customers in Poland turned to supplies stored in Germany, instead of buying Russian gas at higher prices.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that his country will continue to supply natural gas to world markets, despite the fact that Moscow has been sanctioned by the United States and its European allies.

“Russia intends to continue to supply the world markets with this uninterrupted supply of this raw material, including liquefied natural gas,” Vladimir Putin said on February 22nd.

In the context of concerns over the supply of Russian gas amid tensions in Ukraine before the start of the war, Moscow stressed that they were pumped to the West without interruption, even during the Cold War.

On Thursday, Russian giant Gazprom said it had increased gas transportation to Europe via Ukraine – another key route. The company’s representatives added that they sent gas to Europeans according to customer requests, through the country that is currently under attack by Russian military forces.

The Poles have resorted to gas supplies stored by Germany. Russian gas too expensive

The Poles decided to resort to German stockpiling instead of buying Russian gas at higher prices than before.

Rising gas prices in Europe have been caused by Russia’s volatile gas supplies and high fuel demand as economies are barely recovering from the health crisis.

Gazprom intermittently sent gas to the west, announcing that it had increased deliveries to the west through Ukraine.

The German-Polish section of the pipeline reversed gas flows to the east on December 21 as customers in Poland turned to supplies stored in Germany instead of buying more Russian gas at higher prices.

Unstable gas supplies from Russia before Ukraine war cause price explosion

Russia’s volatile gas supplies and high fuel demand as economies recover from the pandemic have led to rising gas prices in Europe.

Gazprom said on Thursday it was still sending gas to Europe via Ukraine, according to customer requests.

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