EGF Gazprom Monitor, Issue 111, August 2020

A Snapshot of Key Developments in the External Relations of the Russian Gas Sector

By Dr Jack Sharples, EGF Associate Researcher on the External Dimensions of Russian Gas and Research Fellow on the Natural Gas Research Programme, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Key points:

• Europe: Year-on-year decline in volume and value of Russian gas exports in H1 2020; Gazprom's physical deliveries to Europe by route in H1 in 2017-2020; Slight upward revision of Gazprom's 2020 export sales target
• Nord Stream 2: Navalny poisoning puts Merkel under pressure regarding Nord Stream 2; The status of Nord Stream 2 construction; Gascade announces tender for EUGAL filling gas
• Ukraine and the Southern Corridor: Explaining the year-on-year decline in Ukrainian transit in H1 2020; Russian exports to Turkey continue their ongoing decline in H1 2020
• Asia: Gazprom and Mongolian government sign Memorandum of Intent for Power of Siberia 2 feasibility study