Russia’s Lavrov sees transit countries competing for quotas after Nord Stream 2 gets launched
<p> MINSK, Aug 24 - PrimePress. The launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will create extra room for diversifying gas transit routes, so the transit countries will have to compete in the future for the right of transit, instead of trying to dictate their own terms, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet. </p> <p> </p> <p> The commissioning of the pipeline will ensure the diversification of gas transit routes without increasing the amount of it supplies at the present moment, the minister noted. “Besides, we are not giving up on the existing agreements on the supplies of Russian gas to Europe, at the same time the transit countries will have to compete in the future for the right of transit, instead of trying to dictate their own terms,” Lavrov said. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, the laying of the last 13-14 km of Nord Stream 2 pipes in German waters is to be completed by 12 September 2021. </p> <p> </p> <p> The commissioning of Nord Stream 2 increases the risks of reduced Russian gas transit through Belarus. </p> <p> </p> <p> Gazprom Transgaz Belarus also operates a 575-km Belarusian segment of Gazprom’s Yamal-Europe gas main with 5 compressor stations. Gazprom Transgaz Belarus is headquartered in Minsk. </p> <p> </p> <p> Trunk gas pipelines running across Belarus pump Russian natural gas to the country’s westernmost region of Kaliningrad and further to Lithuania, Ukraine and Poland. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Belarusian gas transport system operated by Gazprom Transgaz Belarus comprises over 7,900 km of gas pipelines, 13 compressor stations, 3 underground gas storage facilities, 226 gas distribution stations, 28 automobile gas-filling compressor stations and 7 gas metering stations. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, Russia’s Gazprom will significantly reduce gas transportation through Belarus in 2021, as follows from the published contract with Gazprom Transgaz Belarus for gas transit through the Yamal-Europe pipeline. The cut in supplies will fall on the last quarter, when the new gas year starts. According to the document, the target for Gazprom Transgaz Belarus to transport gas to Western Europe for 2021 is 29.574 billion cubic metres, including 9.626 bcm in Q1, 9.183 bcm in Q2; 8.842 bcm in Q3; 1.923 bcm in Q4. End </p>
2021-08-25
Primepress
Russia’s Lavrov sees transit countries competing for quotas after Nord Stream 2 gets launched
MINSK, Aug 24 - PrimePress. The launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will create extra room for diversifying gas transit routes, so the transit countries will have to compete in the future for the right of transit, instead of trying to dictate their own terms, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet.
The commissioning of the pipeline will ensure the diversification of gas transit routes without increasing the amount of it supplies at the present moment, the minister noted. “Besides, we are not giving up on the existing agreements on the supplies of Russian gas to Europe, at the same time the transit countries will have to compete in the future for the right of transit, instead of trying to dictate their own terms,” Lavrov said.
As previously reported, the laying of the last 13-14 km of Nord Stream 2 pipes in German waters is to be completed by 12 September 2021.
The commissioning of Nord Stream 2 increases the risks of reduced Russian gas transit through Belarus.
Gazprom Transgaz Belarus also operates a 575-km Belarusian segment of Gazprom’s Yamal-Europe gas main with 5 compressor stations. Gazprom Transgaz Belarus is headquartered in Minsk.
Trunk gas pipelines running across Belarus pump Russian natural gas to the country’s westernmost region of Kaliningrad and further to Lithuania, Ukraine and Poland.
The Belarusian gas transport system operated by Gazprom Transgaz Belarus comprises over 7,900 km of gas pipelines, 13 compressor stations, 3 underground gas storage facilities, 226 gas distribution stations, 28 automobile gas-filling compressor stations and 7 gas metering stations.
As previously reported, Russia’s Gazprom will significantly reduce gas transportation through Belarus in 2021, as follows from the published contract with Gazprom Transgaz Belarus for gas transit through the Yamal-Europe pipeline. The cut in supplies will fall on the last quarter, when the new gas year starts. According to the document, the target for Gazprom Transgaz Belarus to transport gas to Western Europe for 2021 is 29.574 billion cubic metres, including 9.626 bcm in Q1, 9.183 bcm in Q2; 8.842 bcm in Q3; 1.923 bcm in Q4. End