Russian natural gas exports to Europe via Yamal pipeline drop sharply
Russian natural gas deliveries to Germany through the Yamal-Europe pipeline dropped sharply on Saturday, data from German network operator Gascade showed.
Flows at the Mallnow metering point on the German-Polish border fell to an hourly volume of 1,217,444 kilowatt hours (kWh/h) from an average of 10,000,000 kWh/h on Friday and around 12,000,000 kWh/h on Thursday.
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It was not immediately clear why the flows were down. Russian gas exporter Gazprom did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
The pipeline is one of the major routes for Russian gas exports to Europe and traverses Belarus.
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