Gazprom unexpectedly stops the supply of gas through Ukraine to the Austrian company
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Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:11:00 +0200
Gazprom stops supplying gas to the Austrian company OMV Gas Marketing amp Trading GmbH OGMT has received notification from Gazprom Export that Gazprom Export will cease and thereby reduce to 0 the supply of natural gas under the Austrian supply contract with OGMT, starting at 0600 CET on 16 November 2024 , which will have consequences for the Austrian virtual trading point, the press service commented on relevant media reports.
It was stated that the amount of natural gas that will be reduced is up to 7,400 MWh.The day before, the Austrian oil and gas company OMV announced that it had won an arbitration claim for 230 million euros against Gazprom Export in a dispute over the disruption of gas supplies under the German contract.
It was noted that the amount of the claim will be immediately credited to the repayment of OMVs obligations to Gazprom Export under the contract for the supply of gas to Austria.In 2018, the partially stateowned Austrian oil and gas company OMV extended the gas supply contract with Russias Gazprom until 2040.At the time of the fullscale invasion of the Russian Federation, Austria bought 79 of its natural gas from Russia, which came in transit through Ukraine.
After the fullscale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, Austria continued to buy most of its gas from Russia, which is due to the current contract and the buy or pay principle contained in it.Russia uses energy as a weapoBy cutting off natural gas supplies to Austria, Russia once again used energy as a weapon and once again proved that it is not a partner.Austrian Minister of Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology Leonore Gewessler announced this on her social media page X.
Today, OMV announced that gas supplies from Russia will be cut off tomorrow morning.
Russia is once again using energy as a weapon.
At the same time, she assured that Austria has been preparing for this situation for a long time and energy supply in the country will be ensured.
According to the minister, the countrys gas storages currently store more gas than Austria consumes during the year, and there are also alternative gas supply routes not from the Russian Federation.Domestic gas storages are full.
Currently, more than the annual volume of consumption of Austria is stored there.
Pipelines from Italy and Germany offer sufficient capacity to import nonRussian natural gas.
The state gas reserve is also completely filled.She expressed hope that all companies operating on the Austrian gas market will complete the steps to transition to new sources of supply.Today, Gazprom once again proves that Russia is not a partner.
However, one threat will disappear from tomorrow.
If we no longer have supplies from Russia, they will no longer be able to blackmail us.
Our independence is a valuable asset.
We will continue to protect her.
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