The five-year gas transit deal between Russia and Ukraine expired in early hours of Jan. 1, 2025, while Kyiv has repeatedly said it would not extend the agreement amid the war
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GAIL has initiated arbitration against a former unit of Russia's Gazprom in London after the latter reneged on its contractual obligation to supply LNG, which forced it to buy expensive gas when prices were on a high.
The former German arm of Gazprom, now called SEFE, has resumed LNG supply to GAIL since March. GAIL is paying for it as per contract pricing which is higher than the current spot market price.
GAIL had in 2012 signed a 20-year deal with Gazprom Marketing and Singapore (GMTS) to buy 2.85 million tonnes per annum of LNG. Supplies started in 2018 and the full volume was to reach in 2023.
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Gazprom had halted supplies of natural gas to GAIL since May 2022; as a result, the gas distributor had to cut supplies to clients.
Gazprom said in a statement that exports outside the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) were 100.9 billion cubic metres compared to 185.1 billion in 2021.
The flow of gas through the "Urengoy-Tsentr-2" section of the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhhorod pipeline, which takes gas from Russia's Arctic to central Europe via Ukraine, was halted as of 1:50 p.m. (1050 GMT)
Customers in India have reduced gas buys following a 40 percent jump in prices, creating surplus gas in the market.
The minister says the government feels no pressure over the proposed price cap on Russian oil. He expresses confidence that the issues related to Gazprom will be resolved soon
Unlike Europe, India seems to be better able to withstand higher gas prices for now
Gazprom Marketing and Trading Singapore (GMTS), under a long-term 20-year contract, was to supply 2.5 million tonne of LNG to state-owned GAIL (India) Ltd this year. But it has not supplied any cargo or shipload of LNG since early June.
Bulgaria's contract with Gazprom expires at the end of 2022, but Russia halted deliveries in late April after the previous pro-Western government in Sofia refused Gazprom's demand to pay for it in rubles.
In a statement posted online, Gazprom said that the only operational turbine at a key compressor station along the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which links Western Russia and Germany, will shut down for routine maintenance from August 31 to September 2.
GAIL has been the biggest beneficiary of the gas market turmoil since last year, seeing its gas marketing segment revenue and spread rising rapidly
Shares of GAIL declined almost 4 percent on BSE on news of supply disruption from Gazprom
The lack of natural gas supply from Gazprom has put GAIL in a quandary as it will now have to secure alternative supplies
The cut in supplies, flagged by Gazprom earlier this week, has reduced the capacity of Nord Stream 1 pipeline – the major delivery route to Europe for Russian gas – to a mere fifth of its total capacity.
Europe fears Moscow could keep the gas pipeline shut till sanctions are eased on Russia.
On Thursday, Russian gas supplies to Europe plummeted even more, raising fears about winter storage and creating a diplomatic spat as Russian producer Gazprom blamed Western sanctions for delaying maintenance work.
Gazprom has announced that it will discontinue supply with effect from May 31, 2022," GasTerra said
India's largest gas firm GAIL is getting regular supplies of LNG under a long-term deal with Russia's Gazprom despite the geopolitical crisis, the firm's chairman and managing director Manoj Jain said.
GAIL has a long-term gas import deal with Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore to annually buy 2.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas and has been settling trade with Gazprom in dollars.
Turkmengaz said in a statement on its website on April 15 that gas deliveries had resumed "after a commercial pause, initiated by Gazprom in early 2016."