Russia cuts gas supplies to France

Gazprom said earlier in August that it was scheduled to suspend supply of natural gas

Contract disputes?

Onge Group said on the 30th that Gazprom has informed that it will reduce natural gas supply

Affected by the escalation of the crisis in Ukraine, Gazprom has significantly reduced its supply of natural gas

An Ongi spokesman said Russia originally accounted for 17 percent of on-gas imports, a share that fell to less than 4 percent

Ongi group said the company had been able to ensure that it "fulfilled the promised supply of gas required by its customers and itself" while taking measures to deal with "any direct financial and practical impact that Gazprom's disruption of gas supply could have.

Russian Satellite News Agency reported in May that The Ongie Group and Gazprom were negotiating payment arrangements for the purchase of natural gas in a bid to find a way

Since February this year, the United States, the European Union and other countries have imposed a number of economic sanctions on Russia, and Russia has then implemented the "ruble settlement order", requiring "unfriendly" countries and regions to settle gas trade

Crisis creeping up?

Reuters reported that Gazprom has not responded to reporters' questions

Ongie Group holds a 9% stake

In an interview with French media, French Energy Transition Minister Agnès Panier-Lyuaché pointed out that Russia "clearly uses gas as a weapon" and that France must be prepared for the worst-case scenario, that is, the complete cut-off of gas supply

According to an assistant to the French Minister of Energy Transition, France has diversified its energy supply, and Russia's supply cuts will not affect energy supply

French government spokesman Olivier Verand confirmed that France will complete its gas reserves by the end of the summer and progress faster

On the "Nord Stream-1" will be cut off for three days, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on the 30th that excluding technical problems caused by sanctions against Russia, there is no problem

Peskov stressed that European countries, the United States and Canada have imposed sanctions on Russia, resulting in the inability of the Russian side to carry out routine maintenance, the impossible to complete the registration and assembly of returned parts, and there is no other factor that hinders the supply of natural gas