LNG

A leak of natural gas from the blocked Russian Nord Stream II link to Germany that was never brought on line but was fully primed to start up has led Denmark to advise Baltic Sea shipping not to come within 5 kilometres of the pipeline.

Nord Stream II AG, the owner of the new Russian pipeline to bring supplies to Germany, said it registered a subsidiary for the German part of the pipeline to meet German regulatory requirements, though the certification for the project still remained suspended by the Bundesnetzagentur regulator based in the city of Bonn.

Gazprom, the Russian natural gas company supplying pipeline gas to Europe and China in competition to LNG, returned to a nine-month profit after a previous loss as the value of sales more than doubled and sales of gas increased by 18 percent in volume with the start of the partial global economic recovery.

Gazprom, the Russian natural gas company supplying pipeline gas to Europe and China in competition to LNG, posted much higher first-half profits as volume sales of gas increased by 18 percent with the start of the partial global economic recovery.

Gazprom, the Russian natural gas company and pipeline and LNG exporter to Europe and Asia, has completed measures to ensure uninterrupted domestic and foreign gas deliveries with adequate underground working gas stockpiles for the end of the year when monthly supplies are expected to hit record levels.