Gazprom fulfills all obligations to supply gas to Europe and even supplied additional volumes there, the reduction in spot sales was not due to the fact that the Russian company did not supply energy, but because no one wanted to buy them at high spot prices. This was announced to Izvestia on January 15 by Vladislav Belov, deputy director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, head of the Center for German Studies.
Thus, he commented on the words of the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, who accused Gazprom of reducing spot sales to Europe and creating tension in the European energy market.
“In the first half of January, the volumes of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline chartered, purchased, paid for by Gazprom were not used not because Gazprom did not want to supply, but because no one wanted to buy gas from Gazprom at very high spot prices, albeit reduced due to the supply of LNG (liquefied natural gas. – Ed.) from the United States, ”he explained.
Thus, according to the expert, Gazprom “paid for air” and could not sell anything in the first two weeks of January.
“Therefore, the accusations of Gazprom that it does not supply in 2022, suppose if the head of the International Energy Agency means this, this is not true, this is a misrepresentation, this is speculation against the backdrop of tense relations between Russia and the collective West, attempts to accuse Russia in the fact that she behaves aggressively towards partners, ”said Belov.
He stressed that Gazprom is fulfilling all of its obligations to supply gas to Europe.
“As of December 31, 2021, Gazprom not only fulfilled all its obligations, but also, according to official data, supplied additional volumes of gas to Europe, where Germany is one of the main customers. None of the official representatives of Germany, primarily Gazprom’s partners, has ever stated that Gazprom has underdelivered a certain amount,” the expert emphasized.
Earlier, on January 12, the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, said that Gazprom could increase supplies to Europe by at least a third, but did not do so. In his opinion, this creates tension in the European energy market.
Prior to that, on December 31, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that Gazprom had complied with all contracts and deadlines, as well as volumes of deliveries. According to him, “no one in Europe complained that Gazprom violated its obligations to supply gas.”
On December 27, Annika Einhorn, a representative of the German Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection, stressed that Russia is fulfilling all its contractual obligations for deliveries. She noted that the security of supply is still guaranteed.
Source: IZ
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