Flows by Russia’s Yamal-Europe gasoline pipeline flip eastwards

A employee checks pipes at a gasoline compressor station on the Yamal-Europe pipeline close to Nesvizh, some 130 km (81 miles) southwest of Minsk December 29, 2006.REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) – A bit of the Russian Yamal-Europe pipeline reversed flows on Tuesday morning, with gasoline heading eastbound to Poland from Germany having flowed west earlier within the morning.

The pipeline is likely one of the main routes for Russian gasoline provided to Europe, and with markets on edge about potential disruptions to power provides following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, European gasoline costs rose on Tuesday morning.

The benchmark front-month Dutch gasoline worth was up virtually 12% at 123.50 euros per megawatt hour (MWh).

Knowledge from operator Gascade confirmed gasoline flows eastwards on the Mallnow exit level have been at 4,997,859 kilowatt-hours per hour (kWh/h) having flowed within the different route earlier this morning.

Fuel had beforehand been flowing in the direction of Germany amid sturdy demand and excessive gasoline costs.

Russia’s gasoline firm Gazprom was not instantly obtainable to remark.

Russian gasoline flows to Europe by different main routes together with the Nord Stream 1 pipeline throughout the Baltic Sea have been steady on Tuesday morning.

Flows by Nord Stream 1 have been regular at 73,286,889 kWh/h, operator knowledge confirmed.

For provide into Slovakia from Ukraine by way of the Velke Kapusany border level, capability nominations stood at round 882,527 megawatt hours per day.

Gazprom mentioned on Tuesday it was persevering with gasoline shipments by way of Ukraine, with volumes at 109.6 million cubic metres per day, broadly unchanged this month.

Susanna Twidale in London; modifying by Jason Neely and Louise Heavens

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