EGF Gazprom Monitor, Issue 98, July 2019

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:

• Gazprom on the European market: Results of July sales on Gazprom"s ESP: Sales volumes double mon-on-month as deliveries to Austria and Slovakia rebound; Gazprom-owned FSRU leaves Kaliningrad
• Nord Stream: Nord Stream 2 construction companies face potential US sanctions; Gazprom launches legal challenge to 3^rd Gas Directive amendments affecting Nord Stream 2
• Southern Corridor: Second line of Turkish Stream to pass through Bulgaria, not Greece — Russian FM; Turkish Stream faces Bulgarian delay to end of 2020; Hungary and Serbia sign agreement on Turkish Stream
• Asia: Gazprom signs gas purchases contract with Turkmengaz