Russia: Gazprom spox rebukes accusations that company is undersupplying gas to Western Europe

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Gazprom is not implicated in the energy crisis in Europe and Russia is ready to increase supplies if necessary, said Sergey Kupriyanov, official representative of the company, in Saint Petersburg on Saturday.

“All the problems were created by Western Europe itself, and there is no need to place the blame on Gazprom. It’s better look in the mirror. And Gazprom has been and continues to be ready to supply additional volumes of gas within the existing contract framework, and the price of these supplies is significantly lower than on the spot,” Kupriyanov stressed.

He called accusations of Russia in insufficient volumes of gas supplies to Europe ‘absolutely baseless, unacceptable and inconsistent with reality’. At the same time, the Gazprom representative stated that this year Germany has received 50.2 billion cubic metres of fuel from Russia, which is 5.3 billion cubic metres more than in 2020.

“At the same time, a number of our customers, particularly from France and Germany, have already chosen all of their contractual volumes and have not sent any new supply requests. And Gazprom is booking transport capacity on the basis of existing requests, and not vice versa,” Kupriyanov said.

He also called reverse deliveries of blue fuel from German underground storages to Poland “and, most probably, to Ukraine” an irrational solution due to the depletion of energy reserves, especially in the beginning of the winter.

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SOT, Sergei Kupriyanov, official representative of Gazprom (Russian): “All accusations alleging that Russia and Gazprom undersupply gas to the European market are absolutely baseless, unacceptable and inconsistent with reality. They are nothing but lies. This year Gazprom contracted to supply 50.2 billion cubic metres [of gas] to Germany. That is 5.3 more than last year. Besides Germany, Gazprom has already delivered more gas than last year to Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Denmark, Finland, and Poland. At the same time, a number of our customers, particularly from France and Germany, have already chosen all of their contractual volumes and have not sent any new supply requests. And Gazprom is booking transport capacity on the basis of existing requests, and not vice versa. It should be noted that there is reportedly a reverse-flow that supplies from three to five million cubic metres of gas per day from Germany to Poland and, most probably, to Ukraine. This gas is taken from the German underground gas storage facilities. 47 percent of the gas has already been withdrawn, while the winter has just begun. It is not very rational. I do not even want to talk about the price of such reverse deliveries: these prices are much higher than the prices of the contracted volumes supplied by Gazprom. If we talk about transporting gas through Ukraine, Gazprom met all of its annual contractual obligations back on 15 December and continues to transport gas in this direction. Conclusion: all the problems were created by Western Europe itself, and there is no need to place the blame on Gazprom. It’s better look in the mirror. And Gazprom has been and continues to be ready to supply additional volumes of gas within the existing contract framework, and the price of these supplies is significantly lower than on the spot.”

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