LNG

Gazprom, the Russian pipeline natural gas supplier in competition to LNG, said it produced slightly more gas in January 2022 than last year, though supplies to Western Europe dropped more than 40 percent during the month compared with January 2021.

The Balkan state and European Union member Croatia duly became the latest LNG importing nation at the start of January with a shipment from the US, while Balkan neighbour and aspirant EU country Serbia started up its new Russian natural gas pipeline route from Gazprom on January 1.