Westbound natural gas flows through Russia’s Yamal-Europe pipeline stopped on Friday, pushing gas prices higher.
Flows of gas to Germany through the Mallnow metering point were around 101,119 kilowatt hours per hour (kWh/h) on Friday morning compared to 13.5mln kWh/h overnight, according to Gascade.
The Yamal-Europe pipeline, which runs between Germany and Poland, usually accounts for 15% of Russia’s westbound supply to Europe and Turkey.
Since December, the pipeline has been operating in reverse eastwards as Poland draws down stored supplies to avoid paying high spot prices for Russian gas.
Yesterday, Russian gas giant Gazprom said it was shipping gas to Ukraine follow customers’ requests, with supply from the company intermittent in recent weeks.
Sanctions continue to pile on the Russian economy, though neither side has yet acted to disrupt the supply of Russian gas, which accounts for more than 40% of the EU’s total consumption.