Operator Gascade reports that physical gas flows through the Yamal-Europe pipeline at the border crossing in Malnow, Germany, dropped to zero on Tuesday afternoon, March 29. At the same time, Russian gas supplies to Europe on two other key routes were generally stable, Reuters reported.
Gas flows eastbound to Poland from Germany via Yamal-Europe were 1,451,155 kWh until 1 p.m. local time on the day in question. Since then, the flow has dropped to zero, Gascade reported.
The pipeline, which normally went westward, reversed direction on March 15 because nominations for gas to Germany dropped to zero and Polish customers were buying German gas.
Russia said it would work out practical arrangements for foreign companies to pay for its gas in rubles by Thursday, March 31. This increases the likelihood of supply disruptions because Western countries have so far rejected Moscow's demand to change the currency, the agency wrote.
Meanwhile, flows to Germany through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline were 73,389,870 kWh on the day in question, little changed from the previous day.
The Russian state-owned company Gazprom, according to journalists, has booked some capacities for westward gas transit through the Yamal-Europe pipeline for the night of March 29 and 30. The actual flows are not guaranteed as Gazprom does not always use the reserved capacities.
According to the Ukrainian government, Russian gas transit through Ukraine remained at its contractual maximum on March 29. Transit of Russian gas through Ukrainian territory on Tuesday, March 30, as indicated, is expected to be at the maximum of Gazprom's contractual obligations, as evidenced by the data of the Ukrainian GTS Operator.
Requests for pumping gas from the Russian Federation, as indicated, amount to 109.5 million cubic meters.
Transit since the end of February is kept near the maximum obligations of Gazprom under the transit contract - about 109.6 million cubic meters per day (40 billion cubic meters per year). Only for a few days in mid-March did transit decline slightly, the Ukrainian government said.
