Gazprom has reduced gas pumping through Ukraine

“Gazprom» reduced the volume of gas pumped through Ukraine by 2 million cubic meters. m to 40.3 million cubic meters. m per day. Fuel is supplied to Europe only through the Sudzha gas measuring station (GIS), reported TASS with reference to a Gazprom representative.

Gazprom supplies Russian gas for transit through the territory of Ukraine in the volume confirmed by the Ukrainian side through the Sudzha GIS – 40.3 million cubic meters. m on October 7. The application for the Sokhranovka GIS was rejected,” a corporation employee clarified.

A day earlier, the volume of gas pumped through the territory of Ukraine to Europe was 42.3 million cubic meters. m.

According to the forecast of the website of the GTS Operator of Ukraine (OGTSU), fuel pumping on October 7 could have decreased even more. OGTSU reported that its volume should have been 39.6 million cubic meters. m.

On October 1, Gazprom reduced the volume of gas pumped through Ukraine to 37.9 million cubic meters. m. In August, the company increased gas supplies to Europe via this route to the level of the fourth quarter of 2022 in the amount of 42.1 million cubic meters. m per day.

The route through Ukraine is one of two existing routes for Russian gas exports to Europe. The second route is the Turkish Stream pipeline. Nord Stream was suspended in August 2022, and a month later, on September 26, it was damaged as a result of sabotage in the Baltic Sea.