Russia’s grip on Europe’s gas -------------------------------------- Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Europe more gas from state-controlled giant Gazprom, but gas supplies via the Russian Yamal-Europe pipeline are just one-tenth of normal -------------------------------------- Gas pipelines Entry stations Netherlands UK France RUSSIA Mallnow Belarus Sudzha Poland Czech Rep. Italy Ukraine Nord Stream 2 Yamal Germany Sokhranovka Turkey Gazprom: No capacity booked at Sudza and Sokhranovka. No extra capacity at Mallnow -------------------------------------- Gas flows via Yamal pipeline to Mallnow, Germany (Gigawatt-hours/day) Jan-Jul: Average gas flow of 905.83GWh/d Oct 31-Nov 9: Flow falls by 89.3% to av. 96.86GWh/d 1,000 800 600 400 241.42 200 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Oct 31-Nov 7: Mallnow reports five reverse flows of gas to Poland Oct 21: Putin links Gazprom supplies to rapid German approval of Nord Stream 2 -------------------------------------- Sources: Gascade, IEA, Bloomberg, Harvard University Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS