January 23, 2025 18:44 GMT
NATGAS: Gazprom Wants Mechanism for Russian Pipeline & LNG Pricing
NATGAS
Gazprom is insisting on creating a mechanism for controlling/eliminating competition between Russian pipeline gas and Russian LNG on the global market in Russia’s Energy Strategy 2050, Interfax reported.
- “Despite the decline in gas exports to European countries, this point remains relevant due to the redirection of Russian gas exports towards the east and the Global South,” a senior Gazprom manager told Interfax.
- Gazprom is focusing on boosting gas exports to the Middle East and Asia, amid plunging sales to European buyers
- Russian gas imports to Europe have now fallen by 75% compared to pre-war levels, EC President Ursula von der Leyen said at Davos.
- President Vladimir Putin announced last week that Gazprom planned to supply Iran with up to 55 Bcm /y to Iran via developing new gas pipeline.
- Meanwhile, operations at Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2 project have been halted since US sanctions were implemented in October 2024.
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