Gas flows to Germany stopped again
Yamal-Europe pipeline from Russia has dried up

The gas flows through the Yamal-Europe pipeline to the west to Germany have stopped again and flow in the opposite direction back to Russia, as data from the German pipeline operator Gascade showed on Saturday.
The reversal of gas flows through one of the three major pipelines transporting Russian gas to Western Europe is the second time in a few days that this situation has occurred. Over the past week, European benchmark gas futures rose by up to 23% due to the disruption in gas flows to the west.
The most recent move came amid allegations by some regional politicians that the Kremlin is restricting supplies in order to pressure Germany and the European Union to approve the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which is currently undergoing approval in Germany.
Russia has denied this and promised to supply the West from November 8th as soon as its own supplies are replenished.
Gascade's data on Saturday showed that feed-in at the Mallnow measuring point was zero at 1000 GMT, after having been in this state for three hours, having been more than 3,000,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) hourly since Thursday.
For the second hour in a row, the withdrawals to Mallnow - or the requests for the transport of gas from Germany to Poland - were 1,442,934 kWh / hour, as the data showed.
The gas flows to Germany in Mallnow, which is on the Polish border, were interrupted last Saturday and only resumed on Thursday.
A spokesman for Polish gas company PGNiG said Poland receives gas from both directions.
"From our point of view everything is fine. The contract with Gazprom (MCX: GAZP) is being fulfilled," said the spokesman, referring to the Russian gas company.
Russia has said it will focus on replenishing domestic supplies before releasing more gas to Europe. It expects its own replenishment process to be completed by November 8th.
The amount and direction of Yamal deliveries between Poland and Germany are controlled by Gaz-System in Poland and Gascade in Germany on the basis of customer requests. An analyst said last week the reversal of flows indicated demand from Poland amid generally high prices and scarce supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
PGNiG's contract with Gazprom provides for the delivery of around 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas per year, of which at least 8.7 bcm are under a take-or-pay agreement.
If the opportunity arises to get cheaper gas from the west and Poland has already bought enough gas under its contract with Gazprom, it can switch to supplies from the west, traders said.





