LNG

Gazprom said the booking for the transit of Russian natural gas via Ukraine remained at the same level of previous days on the third day of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline maintenance shutdown as more LNG cargoes head for the European Union to partially offset the lower gas volumes.

Gazprom said pipeline natural gas exports to countries outside the former states of the Soviet Union dropped by more than 30 percent, while the company’s shares also plunged on not paying a dividend along with those of German utility Uniper on its lack of guaranteed Russian gas supplies.