Gazprom Westbound Gas via Pipeline to Germany Hits a Snag

Gas pipelines are pictured at the Atamanskaya compressor station, facility of Gazprom's Power Of Siberia project outside the far eastern town of Svobodny, in Amur region, Russia, on Nov. 29, 2019. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Russian natural gas heading westbound through the Yamal-Europe pipeline stopped on March 4, as Gazprom’s bids for additional transit capacity via Ukraine stand at high levels, according to data from the Gascade pipeline operators.

The Yamal pipeline between Poland and Germany accounts for about 15 percent of Russian gas to Europe and Turkey.

The 2,000-km (1,242-mile) pipeline from Torzhok, Russia, to Frankfurt an der Oder in Germany, can carry around 33 billion cubic meters of gas per year or 100 million cubic meters (MCM) per day.