Eastward gas flows via Yamal-Europe pipeline fall

Reuters

Published Jul 01, 2022 08:56

Updated Jul 01, 2022 09:06

(Moves para 2 to para 5 to clarify pipeline referred to is Nord Stream 1 not Yamal)

By Nina Chestney

LONDON (Reuters) -Eastward flows of Russian gas via the Yamal-Europe pipeline to Poland from Germany fell on Friday morning in line with nominations or requests for gas, data from pipeline operator Gascade showed.

Exit flows at the Mallnow metering point on the German border stood at 799,300 kilowatt hours per hour (kWh/h) around 0600 GMT on Friday, down from about 2,732,330 kWh/h earlier in the morning.

Physical flows to Germany through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline across the Baltic Sea were steady at 29,291 kWh/h, operator company information showed.

Russian gas producer Gazprom (MCX:GAZP) this month said that capacity through the pipeline would be cut to only 40% owing to the delayed return of equipment being serviced by Germany's Siemens Energy in Canada.

Nord Stream will undergo regular annual maintenance from July 11 to July 21, sparking concern over whether flows will restart when the maintenance ends.