The West is outraged by Gazprom's plans to give priority to the domestic market

6 September 2021 31

Gazprom plans to start pumping record volumes of gas into Russian underground storage facilities. For this reason, European partners may simply not have time to replenish the reserves of "blue fuel" before the heating season, writes the American edition of Bloomberg, based on their own calculations.

To fill its own UGS facilities up to the target 72,6 billion cubic meters, the Russian state corporation needs 280 million cubic meters daily, which in turn makes up 80% of all gas exports to Western Europe.

Against the background of record low reserves of natural gas in European storage facilities, such actions of Gazprom may provoke a serious energy crisis in the Old World. For comparison, at the end of August last year, European UGS facilities were 90% filled with gas, while today this figure barely exceeds 66%.

The Russian government cannot allow Gazprom to supply energy to Europe to the detriment of its own country. Therefore, until the company replenishes its own reserves, gas in sufficient volumes will not go abroad.

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Bulanov

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6 September 2021 10: 35

For this reason, European partners may simply not have time to replenish their reserves of "blue fuel" before the heating season, writes the American edition of Bloomberg,

It's time for the US to rush to fill the EU gas market. Forward, Yankees! Why delay?
Bakht

+15

6 September 2021 11: 11

And the "smart guys" on this site tell me that Gazprom must fill the Nord Streams to capacity ...
There was no clear answer to the question "why".
GRF

+11

6 September 2021 11: 23

The more expensive the gas is, the more valuable it is.
And for enemies, unfriendly countries and those who grudge them, it is necessary to introduce quotas so that there are no people willing to become them, and this is not only in relation to gas, but also other goods and services, so that the "partners" do not declare about the "gas geopolitical" weapon.
And we do not need to scare the Europeans, the American Bloomberg does an excellent job with this, although what to scare with - "normal" Euro-Atlantic behavior? Such as, for example:
- Biden bans the supply of coronavirus vaccine overseas until all Americans are vaccinated.
- The Germans do not hand over the masks to the Italians, because the Germans do not have enough of them.
- in a hurry to "forget" your allies at the base until all American soldiers have been evacuated from it ..
The main thing is that you don't stop washing, the Middle Ages is getting closer and closer ...
Bakht

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6 September 2021 11: 33

There is one option in which Gazprom can supply the necessary gas to Europe.
They told me so much that the gas pipeline is a political project, then I decided to believe it.
The minimum program is that the EU recognizes Crimea as Russian, lifts all sanctions from Russia, and Ukraine actually fulfills the Minsk agreements and ends the war. The Russian language receives the status of the second state language and Donbass receives the status of autonomy.
The maximum program - all Russophobes on their knees line up in the Kremlin. There you have to kiss two shoes: Putin and Miller.
1. goncharov.62
  
  +8
  
  6 September 2021 13: 28
  
  Maybe it's easier than all of them ... Do not think bad - to send to Canada, but for those who do not fit, fence off part of the Western region, next to Poland. Let them live there and pay debts on IMF loans! Until they grow wiser. And we will find shoes for kissing them afterwards.
boriz

+14

6 September 2021 11: 42

Well, just yesterday I wrote that to enlighten the minds it is very useful to raise prices to $ 700 per 1 cubic meters and freeze the EU and Ukraine. Santa Claus is the best educator.
Again, last winter Norway was in no hurry to give the last gas to the EU at its own expense. Algeria, despite the squeals of Spain freezing without gas, also replied that it would fulfill the contractual deliveries. And that's all.
And the Yankees didn't rush, hair back, carry LNG to Europe. Not a single gas carrier during the crisis period.
What are the complaints against us now?
Stock up on popcorn and enjoy watching a horror movie live.
1. Bakht
  
  +13
  
  6 September 2021 12: 08
  
  "The winter is coming"
2. goncharov.62
  
  +7
  
  6 September 2021 13: 30
  
  This is not democratic! Not correct, not pedagogical and not humane! But I really want to ... I - FOR! IMHO.
3. zloybond
  
  0
  
  9 September 2021 09: 13
  
  In order not to mislead the flock, it is necessary to add a little truth to the article. The fact is that Gazprom, as it supplied gas under firm contracts, is supplying it, i.e. the price (and, accordingly, the company's income) remained the same - no more than $ 260-270 in relation to oil. Gazprom does not trade in spots - i.e. does not spoil intermediaries. All these announced prices and super income are not about Gazprom, but about European blackmail brokers - intermediaries. This joyous price of the author is the price of intermediaries. Europe received and receives the required amount of gas under the contracts. And at the price of the contract (about 270 again for the lazy). So they have their calculations for the required minimum of gas. The fact that the economy is growing and wants more is the next question. The author, be consistent - do not mislead the public. It's like when they write about coal and nuclear power plants and to intimidate they spread a picture of a cooling tower - like such a terrible release into the sky - and this is just steam from the evaporation of water.
dub0vitsky

+4

6 September 2021 12: 18

Quote: Bulanov
For this reason, European partners may simply not have time to replenish their reserves of "blue fuel" before the heating season, writes the American edition of Bloomberg,

It's time for the US to rush to fill the EU gas market. Forward, Yankees! Why delay?

Here is imana. Raise the price of your gas to ... we will rush to follow.
Yuri Shishlov

+7

6 September 2021 13: 12

Fuck Gayropa in that very oops! You are a buyer and nothing more. I don’t like to address Uncle Sam overseas, but he’s not in a hurry to deliver the goods!
zloybond

+11

6 September 2021 14: 05

The most important thing is that there are no failures within the framework of the concluded contracts - no more, no less - all to be honest. Everything else is a wishlist from above - but they are, as they say, from a mutual desire - And so far Gazprom does not have it. Exclusively delivery under contracts. And understand and the price is determined and the volume. No hard feelings.
bulvas

+6

6 September 2021 16: 06

And more.
Do not ask for a vaccine either, if it squeezes.
We need it ourselves.
rotkiv04

+5

6 September 2021 18: 29

a merry winter will be in Europe, but they have created problems for themselves with their own hands and it is not necessary for them to give gas in excess of the agreed volumes, let them buy LNG
shinobi

+6

6 September 2021 19: 02

What problems? Take SP-2 out of 3 energy packages, conclude contracts and you will have gas. Who doesn’t give you something? Everyone who is in the subject has been talking to you since the middle of spring.
1. Bakht
  
  +9
  
  6 September 2021 19: 31
  
  The question should be posed differently. Not to withdraw some gas pipelines, but to completely cancel the entire 3rd energy package.
  He was received by officials completely cut off from life. And with a clearly anti-Russian orientation. Except for SP-2, no other gas pipeline was covered by this energy package. They were all taken out as an exception.
  
  But that's not even the point. What was the idea? Separate suppliers and transit countries, allow competitors to use the gas pipeline and, through competition, reduce the price for the consumer (that is, at the expense of Russia, reduce the price for the West). And at the expense of other suppliers to fill Europe with cheap gas. Separating transit countries and suppliers is ukrov's blue dream. Sit on the pipe and get the money.
  
  What do we have in real life? There are no third suppliers, there is no gas, the price has increased, and GasProm is welded well at the expense of Europe. Transmitters parasites in a deep ... crevice. The whole idea is down the drain. European officials must admit the failure of their idea and completely abandon this energy package. But who will admit their mistake?
  
  It is for this reason that I remain in the same position. The gas pipeline has been built. GazProm has fulfilled its task. Now let it stand half-empty. If you remember that $ 5 billion is the cost of Western companies, then they need to move first. Hence their attempts that Gazprom should sell its share. With what fright? Again to depend on transit countries? Now the financial losses will be borne by those gas companies that have invested in this project. GasProm this mouse fuss on the drum.
  And the remaining volumes should be used for gasification of the country. Moreover, thanks to European officials, Gazprom has the finances to solve this problem. It is necessary to build a gas transmission network within the country. At the expense of Europe!
  1. shinobi
    
    0
    
    7 September 2021 22: 16
    
    I agree. But they will not cancel the energy package. Too fat piece and a precedent for the future. Tales about green energy are fairy tales and remain. Greenery cannot provide energy to heavy industry and medium-sized machine building by default, and without them any state claiming independence is doomed. Therefore, I believe the SP-2 business will not be limited, because the requests will only grow.
alexey alexeyev

+3

6 September 2021 19: 40

Do not .. and cho be indignant. The contract is executed strictly. Everything that is over-great on the spot.
YES UZH

+6

6 September 2021 20: 48

So they print their banknotes faster than gas is produced. The United States printed $ 27 trillion last year and is not stopping.
Europe also prints, but more modestly. We export gas to them, and they export inflation to us
Alexander Pankov

-7

6 September 2021 22: 33

So the US was right: Russian gas supplies to the west create an unhealthy dependence and the possibility of political blackmail. Who disagrees?
1. GRF
  
  +1
  
  7 September 2021 04: 24
  
  Sure, but this is because of the United States, where is their competition?
  The Americans have limited the emission of national currencies of "sovereign" countries by their volume, for the sake of political blackmail, creating an unhealthy dependence. The thief shouts - stop the thief! - and of course he's right somewhere ...
  Further, according to agreements, Russia supplies at cheap, non-speculative prices, just what the United States is against. Controlled chaos must be in everything.
  The lack of supplies to the enemy is not blackmail, it is the sanctions that the United States is constantly taught to use.
2. Bakht
  
  +1
  
  7 September 2021 08: 55
  
  I do not agree. EU decisions create unhealthy competition and the possibility of political blackmail.
  Who does not agree?
  1. Kofesan
    
    -2
    
    7 September 2021 11: 38
    
    I!
    Gas then Gazprom sells to Europe at 240 per 1000 cubic meters. Still. Its price is tightly tied to oil. Now! And Yesterday! And Tomorrow will also sell.
    So, your humor is clear. But it's sad! As if we - "Russia", were cheated again. A full-time paid officer on duty rushed to convince the opposite. He did it well!
    
    Nooo, I'll leave you. There are interesting thoughts. But mostly - "approvals". And how I want to agree with all the "approvals". You will not believe. I really want to, and even wishful thinking. Only here is the result - extinction - a direct derivative of this position
    
    And here it turns out, I am like the "chief" against the wind. Well, few people are the whole picture ...
    But what can I say. About 30 years ago, I already realized that I could not convince anyone of anything, not argue, and not retarget. You can only deceive. And now I think so. Only stronger.
    
    Burn it all with a blue flame. And endorsements with him. Spit. But I love my homeland. For childhood. For past victories, For open spaces. For the books I read. And let the approbates die, not knowing about it, not knowing that they themselves are to blame for this !!! Today's "approvals" looks like this:
    1. Bakht
      
      +4
      
      7 September 2021 13: 07
      
      Your righteous anger is incomprehensible.
      Today Gazprom sells gas at a price of $ 260. This is the average price. But nobody deceived anyone. The contracts were signed 20-30 years ago. And they were tied to an oil basket. This is a normal, correct practice. This was necessary for long-term planning, otherwise the economy, whether it is market or non-market, cannot work. But now, thanks to the efforts of the European Union, this mechanism is being destroyed. Which will inevitably lead to chaos.
      
      Do not be indignant, but estimate the situation. You need to gasify the region of the Urals and Altai. To do this, it is necessary to build the Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline. The cost is $ 10 billion (a conditional figure). Will you invest in this project? Nobody will invest without guaranteed sales. And banks will not give you money. For the simple reason that there is no business plan, there is no sales guarantee. You can shake the papers at the bank as much as you want, that the price of gas is $ 650. The bank will reasonably tell you, "but yesterday it was $ 50. And next year there will be no buyer at all because of green energy." No one will give money without a long-term contract, and the regions of Russia will remain without gas.
      But if you conclude a long-term contract for 20 years at a price of $ 250, the bank will calculate and say "the payback period is ten years. The money can be given. Moreover, the contract contains a pay-or-pay formula."
      
      The question was whether Russia is using gas weapons. The answer is absolutely no. GazProm supplies only contracted volumes. Well, maybe a little more. Because there really is no point in selling gas at 260 if you can sell it at 650. But "gas weapons" are a myth of Western propaganda. Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria refused long-term contracts. And now they are shouting that GazProm does not give them gas. Poland, the Baltic States, Ukraine, the United States have done everything to block gas supplies to Europe. And now they are screaming about "Rossii's gas weapons".
      
      And the fact that it is impossible to convince anyone, so I was also convinced of this a very long time ago. And I'm not trying to convince anyone. Just giving information and links. And small explanations for them. Do not want to believe - your right.
      1. Kofesan
        
        -2
        
        7 September 2021 17: 58
        
        No. Gas in the pipe costs 240. It is the lot of propagandists to average the LNG sold through gaskets to Europe with crumbs. There is no anger either. There is an understanding that in order to fill the SP-2, Gazprom is withdrawing applications from other directions. In addition to Ukrainian, the most unprofitable ...
        
        Bakht
        
        +1
        
        7 September 2021 19: 51
        
        $ 240 costs what is written in the contracts. Everything on top costs $ 650. It makes no difference whether he came by pipe or by gas carrier. Today GazProm uses a double counting system. About 60-70% is pegged to the oil basket, the rest is at spot prices.
        GasProm has not yet filled SP-2. Simply because this pipe is not ready yet. But there is still no free gas. About the Ukrainian direction. Only the contract amount is pumped. The last auction Gazprom simply did not show up. Likewise, he did not appear in the Polish direction. Russophobes need to be taught. All others (i.e. Blue, Turkish) are filled in completely.
        There is a simple geography. Europe feeds on the Yamal fields and there is simply nowhere to put gas from them. So Gazprom is simply physically unable to maneuver supplies. Such an opportunity will appear after the construction of the Power of Siberia-2 (Altai). Then it will be possible to send European gas from Yamal to gasification of the Urals and Altai. Therefore, Power of Siberia-2 is the most important area of Gazprom's activities. And where to get the money for it? That's right, Europe. Let them fork out.
        I hope you are watching the video with Martsinkevich. Everything is detailed there. With numbers and facts.
3. Bakht
  
  +2
  
  7 September 2021 08: 59
  
  Addition. The US was wrong from the start (or deceived the Europeans from the start). LNG shipments from the United States (which were promised and did not materialize) pose problems for Europe.
  Europe has invested in building LNG terminals and spent a lot of money. And there is no gas from the States. European gas companies have invested $ 20 billion in pipeline assets (according to Mantsinkevich). And the EU, by its own decision, decided to bury this money.
  What does Gazprom and Russia have to do with it?
  1. boriz
    
    -1
    
    7 September 2021 19: 05
    
    What does Gazprom and Russia have to do with it?
    
    But after all, they need to appoint someone as extreme. Not yourself?
    And now they will begin to remember how this stupid third energy package was pushed into the EU member states through the courts. And what happened in the end ...
    1. Bakht
      
      0
      
      7 September 2021 19: 55
      
      In the latest video by Martsinkevich, it is said that the European gas giants have buried about $ 20 billion in the ground in the calculation of the SP-2. This is in addition to the 5 billion that they invested in the SP-2 pipe itself. In 2019, they sent a joint letter to the EU that if they apply the norms of the third energy package to SP-2, they will file a claim against the EU and reimburse their losses from state budgets. They clearly stated the reasons. And there are cunning lawyers and the EU will lose all the courts.
Evgeny C

+3

7 September 2021 04: 13

They say the winter will be cold
BoBot Robot - Free Thinking Machine

+1

7 September 2021 19: 42

let them heat with energy packages in winter!