European Gas Prices Surge as Russian Pipeline Suffers Setbacks

European Gas Prices Surge as Russian Pipeline Suffers Setbacks
A worker turns a valve at a gas compressor station at the Yamal-Europe pipeline near Nesvizh, some 81 miles southwest of Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 29, 2006. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
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MOSCOW/LONDON—European gas prices surged again on Wednesday after a delay in the approval process for a major new pipeline from Russia, which German government sources said might not now be commissioned until March next year.

Germany’s energy regulator suspended the process for getting the Nord Stream 2 pipeline up and running on Tuesday, dimming hopes that it will provide any significant gas supplies to Europe in the coming months.