Russian state-owned gas producer Gazprom has temporarily ceased nearly all its deliveries to storage facilities in western Europe. Interfax reports that Gazprom stopped sending gas to the Bergermeer facility in the Netherlands and to Rehden in Germany.
The temporary stoppage of deliveries to the two facilities came into effect on July 31 and will be in effect until Aug. 9. Gas is still being pumped into the Katarina and Jemgum facilities in Germany, but this is not enough to offset national consumption. On Aug. 2, more gas was taken out of storage facilities in northwestern Europe than pumped in, an extremely rare occurrence in the summer months when gas is usually stored up for winter.
