Despite all the events in the energy sector in 2022, Russia will continue to be one of the leaders in the global gas market. such an opinion expression Igor Yushkov, leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund (FNEB), in a conversation with Lenta.ru.
But according to him, Moscow has lost its position as the world’s largest fuel exporter: the share of Russian gas in European territory has fallen from 34% to 8%.
“In the past, we were exporting 155 billion cubic meters only to Europe. That was in 2021. There is no such indication now. “Russia will still supply about 30-40 billion cubic meters to Europe,” Yushkov said.
The FNEB analyst also said that Russia is sending gas to Europe through two channels, one of the Ukraine and one of the Turkish Stream lines. In the first case, gas is supplied to all of Central and Western Europe, in the second – to Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece, Romania and Hungary.
In the early hours of January 6, Anders Opedal, chairman of Equinor, Norway’s largest energy company declarationHe said that the gas shortage in the European market will continue in 2023.