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compared to 1.5mn cubic metres per hour on the previous day and Tuesday night, according to Gascade.
Earlier reports said that Gazprom resumed feedstock supply to the Urengoy condensate pre-transportation preparation plant after August 5 accident. Gazprom’s condensate stabilisation plant has also resumed accepting feedstock from the Urengoy plant and it is expected to start shipments of products to consumers shortly.
On August 5, a fire broke out at the condensate pre-transportation preparation plant near Novy Urengoy in the Yamalo- Nenets Autonomous Area, which was localized on the following day, with no casualties.
The plant, owned by Gazprom Pererabotka, is one of the main producers of high-quality petroleum derivatives in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area.
Following the accident at the plant gas pumping via the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline dropped more than two-fold.
Russia to substitute decline in gas exports to Europe
by ‘blue’ hydrogen, says Gazprom
The European policy of carbon neutrality will inevitably lead to a decline in direct
supplies of Russian natural gas and affect derived revenues by 2050, the department head of Gazprom Export, the export arm of Russia’s top gas producer Gazprom, Sergey Komlev said in an interview with Gazprom’s in-house magazine, according to TASS. He added that Russia can maintain its export positions on the European market using ‘blue hydrogen’ deliveries.
Europe is already moving towards
the announced target of reducing its carbon footprint to zero by 2050. The interim goal within this policy suggests
a decrease in emissions of 55% by 2030. "Practically reaching carbon neutrality means abandoning fuels that are sources of greenhouse gases," Komlev said.
"Abandoning the use of hydrocarbons as sources of primary energy will inevitably affect the volumes of direct supplies of natural gas from Russia and, consequently, the amounts of export revenues from its sales," he said, adding that Russia may substitute the shortfall in natural gas supplies at least partially by hydrogen produced from it.
Komlev considers the production of ‘blue’ carbon-neutral hydrogen as already possible, with its prime cost estimated
at around $2 per kilogram, according to Komlev. "This will enable Russia to be the world’s top exporter of ‘blue’ hydrogen
in the future, which will have a positive influence on the reputation of the gas sector, stop the process of gas assets’ devaluation, open up the way to responsible financing of
projects in the field of decarbonized natural gas," he noted.
According to the Energy Ministry’s projections, Russia may export up to 33.4mn tonnes of hydrogen worth $100.2bn to other countries, which may account for up to 20% of its global market in 2050.
CENTRAL ASIA & SOUTH C A U C A S U S
Uzbekistan to cut gas
exports to meet growing
domestic demand
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
on August 9 ordered a reduction in the volume of gas exports, with all available gas resources to be directed to meet demand from Uzbekistan's population.
Mirziyoyev said that huge amounts of funds channelled towards the country's oil and gas sector were not bearing the expected results.
Critically reviewing the state of the sector, he set the task of ensuring a balance of 32bn cubic metres of natural gas in
the second half of the year, as well as the stable operation of the gas supply system, especially in the autumn-winter period.
According to the president, Uzbekistan
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