EGF Gazprom Monitor, Issue 112, September 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: Gazprom's ESP sales in May-September 2020
• Nord Stream 2: Polish competition watchdog concludes investigation and fines Gazprom and European partners over NS2 financing agreement; Implications of the UOKiK ruling; Danish Energy Agency grants Nord Stream 2 operating permit, subject to conditions; The location of the Nord Stream 2 construction vessels
• Ukraine and the Southern Corridor: Ukrainian transit in the first nine months of 2020; Ukrainian gas imports from Europe in the first nine months of 2020; Ukrainian TSO completes repair work and resumes physical imports from Slovakia
• Asia: Gazprom conducts Power of Siberia maintenance in 15-22 September, flows in 2020 likely to fall short of 5 bcm target