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Gazprom compromises tariffs with Europeans
Published: 18 January, 2012, 11:51
Gazprom advertisement in the center of Moscow, Apollo and Chariot statue (at the background). RIA NOVOSTI / Denis Grishkin
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Russia’s Gazprom Export, a subsidiary of gas monopoly Gazprom has revised tariffs for five European customers and tied its long-term contracts to prices for crude and refined oil products.
Gazprom revised tariffs with Wingas (Germany), GDF Suez SA (France), EconGas GmbH (Austria), SPP AS (Slovakia) and Sinergie Italiane Srl. These companies purchase around 35 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas every year or about a quarter of all Russian gas exports to Europe.
“Gazprom Export reached agreement with a number of major European purchasers, which involve certain adjustments to the price for Russian gas purchased under these contracts, taking into account the gas market in Europe and the situation with the economy and energy sector of certain European states”, Gazprom’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer Alexander Medvedev, in charge of the exports unit, said in a statement.
Gazprom is in the middle of talks with several other major European importers, and in arbitration with RWE AG’s Transgas unit, EON Ruhrgas, Erdgas Import Salzburg GmbH and Poland’s PGNiG, according to a bond prospectus released in November.
The european companies have been pressing for lower contract tariffs as supply of gas in the region is outstripping demand due to a warm winter pushing down the market price.
The price of Gazprom's long-term contracts tied to oil fell slightly to $480 per 1,000 cubic meters, while the European spot market offers gas for just $300.
Konstantin Simonov from Russia’s National Energy Security Fund thinks the Gazprom long-term contracts’ costs cut might be a risky step to make. “Spot market is a very provocative thing, because everybody tries to see the situation with gas prices in the US. Now price in the US is a bit more than $100, price in Europe is more than $400. European regulators are sure, that spot market means cheap gas. It’s not true. Spot market is unpredictable market. Today you have the price $100, tomorrow you can have $500, that’s why my idea is very simple: the construction of spot market is a be very risky story for the EU, that’s why it can be a mistake”.
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Nobody reduced any price.
For Gazprom, the total income will not change whichever way price is calculated.
If the EU wants to feed the speculators a bit more, it is their mistake to make. No reason for Russia to continue protecting them fomr their own stupidity.
Russia's Gasprom is complitely stupid to reduce the price of gas for France. Have you seen the recent French Russophobia orchestrated by Sarkozy's mafia concerning your recent election and the fear to see Mister Putin, back in the Kremlin. At this you can add the constant brainwashing directed to our people about Russia.
Often, I have the impression that the Cold-War has not ended.
Sarkozy is the US' neo-cons puppet.
Honestly, I have difficulties to understand Russia's geopolitic...
Best Regards...Jean-Claude Meslin
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