EGF Gazprom Monitor, Issue 126, November 2021

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:

• Main story: Gazprom completes domestic storage replenishment in Russia, but increase in physical flows to Europe is a trickle, not a flood
• Europe: Fresh concern over Gazprom"s export flows via Belarus and Poland after low transit capacity bookings
• Nord Stream 2: European prices jump after German regulator suspends NS2 approval procedure
• Ukraine: Gazprom again books no additional capacity via Ukraine for December
• Other: Delayed payment by Moldovagaz to Gazprom briefly sparks fears of Moldovan cut-off despite new contract