EGF Gazprom Monitor, Issue 62, July 2016

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 Lecturer in Energy Politics at the European University of St Petersburg

• Gazprom and the EU:
  • Gazprom and the European Commission: Poland experiences brief, unexplained drop in Russian gas supplies delivered via Ukraine; Gazprom in talks with Slovak pipeline operator, Eustream, over impact of Nord Stream II; Gazprom Export opens new underground gas storage facility in Czech Republic
  • Gazprom on the European market: Gazprom offers to extend gas transit contract with Poland; Gazprom and Polish Energy Ministry clash over Nord Stream II; Gazprom and German RWE agree details of contract revision
  • Gazprom in the Baltic region: EU to fund 75 percent of new gas interconnector between Finland and Estonia; Finland"s new small-scale LNG terminal at Pori receives its first test cargo
  • Gazprom's European contracts and arbitration: Gazprom Export announces third gas export auction for deliveries to Europe in winter 2016/17
• Nord Stream: Polish anti-monopoly watchdog raises objection to Nord Stream II; European Commission delays ruling on OPAL pipeline; Gascade unveils plans for new pipeline connecting Nord Stream II landfall with German-Czech border
• Southern Corridor: Could Putin-Erdogan meeting on the 9th of August spark the revival of Turkish Stream?
• Ukraine: Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine dismisses Gazprom"s appeal against antimonopoly fine
• Asia: Gazprom and CNPC approve roadmaps for implementing MoU on gas storage and gas-fired power generation