{"id":62345,"date":"2022-04-02T09:26:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T14:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62345"},"modified":"2022-04-02T15:34:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T20:34:42","slug":"62345","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62345","title":{"rendered":"Gazprom Halts Gas Shipments To Europe Via Critical Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__Eyn7V\">\n<h3 class=\"ArticleFull_title__MEgbb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/energy\/gazprom-halts-gas-shipments-europe-critical-pipeline\">Gazprom Halts Gas Shipments To Europe Via Critical Pipeline<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__t4rGu\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__6iJOI NodeBody_container__hI8PI\">\n<p>After European nations\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/energy\/gas-flows-russian-pipeline-reverse-gazprom-instructs-clients-how-pay-rubles\">imported the most gas from Russian sources yesterday in months<\/a>, scrambling to stock up on supplies\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/commodities\/putin-signs-decree-ordering-gas-exports-be-halted-if-buyers-dont-pay-rubles\">as Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s deadline to either pay for gas in rubles (or be cut off) came and went<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Russian gas giant Gazprom has officially halted all deliveries to Europe via the Yamal-Europe pipeline, a critical artery for European energy supplies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NrZWxldG9uX2xvYWRpbmdfMTMzOTgiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoiY3RhIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19zcGFjZV9jYXJkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9mZiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0Zndfc2Vuc2l0aXZlX21lZGlhX2ludGVyc3RpdGlhbF8xMzk2MyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6NH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1510085513566433280&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fenergy%2Fgazprom-halts-gas-shipments-europe-critical-pipeline&amp;sessionId=b0f5a9837733f46b3fd3abda0c68792f862e09e4&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=f9f80a909a60b%3A1648751432723&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1510085513566433280\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Instead of flowing toward Germany and the EU,\u00a0<strong>gas supplies on Friday and Saturday started flowing in the opposite direction<\/strong>, according to Gascade, the network operator.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, the EU\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/energy\/why-us-wont-succeed-weaning-europe-its-dependence-russian-gas\">has already boosted imports of LNG<\/a>\u00a0from the US&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ft_lng_1.jpg?itok=MC3fZNgA\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ft_lng_1.jpg?itok=MC3fZNgA\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/ft_lng_1.jpg?itok=MC3fZNgA\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"5de861bc-9bcf-44b8-83e7-0abcd65c3e23\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and despite President Biden&#8217;s promise to bolster to exports to the EU (although he stipulated that not all of this additional capacity would come from the US),\u00a0<strong>researchers at Goldman Sachs have already shown that US exports of LNG are already at capacity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/gs_exports_0.jpg?itok=VHZ9MbU_\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/gs_exports_0.jpg?itok=VHZ9MbU_\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/gs_exports_0.jpg?itok=VHZ9MbU_\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"210\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"88bb6f9a-ced5-4eaf-a4a3-36bf81b9cefd\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another problem for pipeline-dependent Europe:\u00a0<strong>the continent presently doesn&#8217;t have the infrastructure to allow it to rapidly ramp up imports of LNG,<\/strong>\u00a0which must be carefully processed and &#8220;regassified&#8221; before it can be distributed to utilities and other distributors of energy.<\/p>\n<p>A map below illustrates the level of dependence that various European economies have on Russia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/eu_gas.jpg?itok=ovV0Lfy-\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/eu_gas.jpg?itok=ovV0Lfy-\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/eu_gas.jpg?itok=ovV0Lfy-\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"438\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"e4ef3e07-9ede-4a2a-b01c-ceed06981774\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"AdvertisingSlot_tablet__MndqJ AdvertisingSlot_mobile__7vsEF AdvertisingSlot_placement__b8TLC AdvertisingSlot_align__800B1\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-1\" class=\"AdvertisingSlot_centered__crfMI AdvertisingSlot_verticallySpaced__MBqFK\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_1_0__container__\"><strong>But it&#8217;s not just the Germans who must now make due without Russian gas supplies. <\/strong>British energy major Shell is being cut off from Russian supplies in response to the UK&#8217;s economic sanctions on Russia, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;London wants to be the leader of everything anti-Russian. 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