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Russian Gas Exports Outside Ex-Soviet States Fell 45.5% in 2022, but ready to supply AfPak
[Moscow Times] Russian gas exports to countries outside a group of former Soviet republics plunged by 45.5% in 2022, figures from gas giant Gazprom showed Monday.Gazprom said in a statement that exports outside the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) totaled 100.9 billion cubic meters compared to 185.1 billion in 2021. Europe was previously Gazprom's main export market but supplies have been drastically reduced because of sanctions following Russia's offensive in Ukraine in 2022. Gazprom head Alexei Miller said the company had been steadily increasing supplies to China during the year but did not give details on the quantities. "From Jan. 1 we are on a fundamentally new level of gas supplies to China," Miller said in the statement. President Vladimir Putin last month inaugurated the Kovykta natural gas field in eastern Siberia that will allow Russia to increase its exports to China. Russia does not have pipelines to transport gas from its Western Siberian and Arctic gas fields to China. Also: Russian oil exports crater by 54% in the first full week of the EU's embargo amid a shortage of tankers willing to carry cargoes 92% drop to northern Europe, Russia top oil export market.
[KhaamaPress] Moscow is ready to supply gas to Afghanistan and Pakistain, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. The European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... has been the largest consumer of Russia’s oil and gas and has sought ways to cut its reliance on Russian energy for years. On the other hand, Russian gas exports to Europa  ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...via Yamal-Europe Pipelines have been stooped due to the Russian-Ukraine war. Alexander Novak said that Moscow is ready to resume gas supplies to Europe through the Yamal-Europe Pipeline and can also send supplies to Afghanistan and Pakistain in the long term. The Minister of Industry and Commerce (IEA) welcomed Russia’s gas export to Afghanistan in a statement on Saturday and expressed that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is fully committed to paving the ground for regional connectivity and economic relations with all regional countries. The statement states that Russia’s gas export to Afghanistan and South Asia are considered beneficial for the regional countries and improved connectivity in the region. According to the experts, implementing these projects will boost confidence in investing in the country. While Afghanistan has been isolated since the country’s takeover by the current regime, and several projects have been stopped. However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... the IEA officials are keen on good relations with the regional countries and hope to turn the country into a regional and economical transit hub. Posted by: Waldemar the Limber5043 2023-01-03 |
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