Imports of Russian gas destined for the domestic market were abruptly halted today, with only transit gas going to Hungary currently going to Romania, data analyzed by Profit.ro shows.

On Thursday, surprisingly, imports of Russian gas entering Romania from the Turkish Stream gas pipeline through the connection point with Bulgaria suddenly stopped from the level of 8-9 million cubic meters per day to 4.8 million cubic meters per day. of which 4.5 million m3/day goes through Romania to Hungary via the connection point in Chanadpalot, the quoted source said.

As a result, storage levels fell on Thursday from more than 16.5 million cubic meters per day, the level of the past few days, to about 11.5 million cubic meters.

Gas flows to the east through Yamal-Europe are increasing, through the Nord Stream remain stable

Eastbound gas transit through the Yamal-Europe pipeline to Poland from Germany rose on Thursday, according to operator data, while flows through Russia’s Nord Stream 1, which has cut the pipeline to 20% of capacity due to maintenance work, remained steady, Reuters reported .

Emissions at the Mallnow measuring point on the German border were 5,693,614 kilowatts per hour (kWh) on Thursday morning, compared with 5,030,862 kWh at midnight, according to data from pipeline operator Gascade.

Physical flows through the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline were 14,438,059 kWh on Thursday morning, unchanged from the previous day.

Russia’s Gazprom said it would send 42.1 million cubic meters (million cubic meters) of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Thursday, down slightly from 42.2 million cubic meters on Wednesday.

Nominations for Russian gas flows entering Slovakia from Ukraine through the Velké Kapushany border crossing amounted to about 36.4 million cubic meters (mcm) per day, unchanged from the previous day, according to data from the operator of the Ukrainian gas transportation system.

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