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Russian flows through Ukraine unchanged, Austria nominations up
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 10, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 10, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
Russian gas exports to Europe remain stable via Ukraine, while Austria sees a significant increase in nominations from Slovakia, reaching the highest since November 15.
MOSCOW/PRAGUE (Reuters) - Russian gas exports to Europe via Ukraine were stable on Tuesday while nominations, or requests, to Austria from Slovakia jumped by 15.7% from Monday, hitting their highest since Nov. 15, data showed.
Russian gas supplies to Austria have been in focus since mid-November after Russian supplier Gazprom halted supply to Vienna-based energy company OMV over a contractual dispute.
Other companies stepped in to buy the volumes previously allocated to OMV, keeping flows steady.
Gazprom said it would send 42.4 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Tuesday, the same volume as on Monday.
Nominations to Austria from Slovakia rose by 15.7% from Monday while nominations to the Czech Republic from Slovakia fell slightly, data from transmission system operator Eustream showed.
Nominations for Slovakia from Ukraine rose to 431,702 megawatt hours on Tuesday, up by 3.6% from Monday and the highest volume since November 30.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin and Jan Lopatka; editing by Christopher Cushing and Jason Neely)
The article discusses the stability of Russian gas exports to Europe via Ukraine and the increase in nominations to Austria.
Nominations to Austria from Slovakia rose significantly, indicating a shift in gas supply dynamics amid Gazprom's supply halt to OMV.
Gazprom's halt to OMV led other companies to step in, keeping the gas flow to Europe steady.
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