Graphic shows gas storage levels for selected European countries.
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Concerns raised over Russian gas supplies to Europe

October 28, 2021 - Russia’s Gazprom has emptied its gas storage facilities in western Europe to unusually low levels ahead of the winter, adding to fears Moscow is using supply shortages to push prices to record levels.

While European storage levels are low, an analysis of European gas industry data shows the largest shortfalls are at sites owned or controlled by Gazprom, in what critics say increasingly points to an attempt to squeeze European energy supplies, according to the London-based Financial Times (FT) newspaper.

Figures from Gas Infrastructure Europe show that in countries where Gazprom does not own storage facilities, such as in France and Italy, the level of gas in storage has reached near-normal levels for this time of year, the FT said.

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PUBLISHED: 28/10/2021; STORY: Graphic News
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