Gazprom Suspends Deliveries to Italy’s Eni Due to “Problem” in Austria

Gazprom has suspended its gas deliveries to Eni, citing the impossibility of transporting the gas through Austria.

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Gazprom has completely suspended its gas deliveries for the day Saturday to Eni citing the impossibility of transporting gas through Austria, announced the Italian giant of the in a statement.

“Gazprom has informed us that it cannot confirm the delivery of the requested volumes for today (Saturday), citing the impossibility of transporting the gas through Austria,” Eni said.

This Saturday, “therefore, the flow of Russian gas to Eni through the Tarvisio entry point will be zero,” he added.

Most of the Russian gas delivered to Italy comes through Ukraine, via the TAG pipeline which arrives at Tarvisio in the north of the country, on the border with Austria.

According to a spokesman for Eni quoted by the Italian news agency AGI, “Gazprom claims not to be able to comply with the rules necessary to obtain the service of distribution of gas in Austria where it should deliver it, while it results us that Austria continues to receive gas at the point of delivery at the Slovak-Austrian border”.

“We are working to verify with Gazprom if it is possible to reactivate the flows to Italy,” he said.

Later in the day, Gazprom issued a statement explaining that “the transport of Russian gas (…) through Austria has been suspended due to the refusal of the Austrian operator to confirm the transport permits”. A decision linked to “regulatory changes”.

“Gazprom is working to resolve the problem with its buyers
Italians,” he said. In Vienna, the sector regulator E-Control said that these new rules, which came into force on October 1, were “known to all market players for months”. He expects “all to comply and take the necessary steps to fulfill their obligations.

The problems relate to “contractual details” in the account loaded
of transit to Italy, E-Control wrote on Twitter. Russian gas exports to Europe have been steadily declining since the start of sanctions against Russia.

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Eni announced in early March that it was selling its 50% stake in the Blue Stream gas pipeline, which it controls on an equal footing with the Russian giant Gazprom.

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