The fall in Russian supply calls for efforts to reduce demand in the EU to prepare for a tough winter.
In the fifth month of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, the United States of America, for the first time in history, delivered more gas to Europe than Russia.
Record deliveries were recorded in June 2022. This was stated on Twitter by the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol.play video
“Russia’s sharp cut in natural gas volumes in the EU means this is the first month in history that the EU has imported more gas in the form of LNG from the United States than through pipelines from Russia. The fall in Russian supply requires efforts to reduce demand in the EU to prepare for a severe winter,” Birol said.
The war in Ukraine and the situation with gas:
On June 17, 2022, it became known that European countries, due to the reduction in supplies from the Russian Federation, use gas reserves for the winter.
According to the President of the European Commission, about 24% of the total energy balance in the EU countries is gas. The EU imports 90% of gas and 40% of this import is Russian gas.
Russia stopped gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria, Finland and the Netherlands, which refused to pay for it in rubles.
On June 20, 2022, the Kremlin admitted that anti-Russian sanctions would finally bury Nord Stream .
On June 22, 2022, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, advised Europe to urgently prepare for the fact that Russia could completely cut off gas supplies in winter.
On June 24, it became known that due to a shortage of gas, Germany could stop its exports to neighboring countries. It is also known that European countries, due to the reduction in supplies from the Russian Federation, use gas reserves for the winter.
On June 25, 2022, NJSC Naftogaz stated that Europe had buried faith in the Russian Gazprom as a “reliable supplier” of energy resources.
On June 29, 2022, information appeared that the UK was ready to stop gas supplies to Europe.
(C)UNIAN 2022