Russian gas flows to Germany via Yamal pipeline steady
MOSCOW, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Russian natural gas flows through the Yamal-Europe pipeline to Germany stayed steady on Thursday morning, data from German network operator Gascade showed, amid a delay in an alternative Nord Stream 2 route.
Germany's energy regulator has suspended the approval process for the Nord Stream 2, a major new pipeline bringing Russian gas into Europe, throwing up a new roadblock to the contentious project and driving up regional gas prices.
Flows via the Yamal-Europe pipeline into Germany at the Mallnow metering point on the Polish border were at an hourly volume of more than 12,300,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) on Thursday morning, higher than over 10,000,000 kWh/h on the weekend and roughly the same as on Wednesday, the data showed.
The pipeline is one of the major routes for Russian gas exports to Europe.
Nominations for Thursday's volumes at the Velke Kapusany metering point on the Slovak-Ukraine border, another major route to Europe, were for 1.0 million MegaWatthours or 94.4 million cubic metres, similar to previous days. (Reporting by Katya Golubkova, additional reporting by Jason Hovet in Prague; editing by Uttaresh.V)
