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Gazprom supplies gas for Europe through Ukraine in the volume of 42.3mn cubic metres per day via the Sudzha gas pumping station, a Gazprom representative told reporters, adding that the request for pumping through Sokhranovka had been rejected by the Ukrainian side. "Gazprom supplies Russian gas for transit through Ukrainian territory in the volume confirmed by the Ukrainian side via the Sudzha gas pumping station of 42.3mn cubic metres as of September 7. The request for the Sokhranovka gas pumping station has been rejected," he said.
Germany’s energy crunch is forcing it to sign fossil-fuel contracts that last decades as the country balances keeping the lights on and homes heated against meeting environmental targets. Energy providers from Uniper SE to RWE AG have signed long-term agreements with liquefied natural gas suppliers, especially in the US, with more deals expected. Until now, utilities had shied away from the 15- to 20-year contracts, wary of the commitment to an energy source that emits carbon and methane. Across Europe, governments are fast-tracking the use of floating LNG terminals that take a fraction of the time to set up than their onshore versions. Germany, which used to get more than a half of its gas via pipelines from Russia, is now chartering five of the floating storage and regasification units, or FSRUs, and two more that will be privately rented. Three are slated to start this winter. RWE has “been very active in obtaining the FSRUs for Germany and we want help them fill the capacity that’s needed for those facilities,” said Dan Brouillette, the president of Sempra Infrastructure LLC, the US company that signed an LNG supply accord with the German utility earlier this year
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