A little earlier on Tuesday, the French energy supplier claimed to have already put in place measures to be able to supply its customers, even in the event of an interruption in the flows of the Russian giant.
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The Russian giant Gazprom announces, Tuesday August 30, that it will suspend “completely” its gas deliveries to the French group Engie from Thursday, due to the latter’s non-payment for all deliveries made in July.
“Gazprom Export has notified Engie of a complete suspension of gas deliveries from September 1, 2022 until full receipt of the financial sums due for the deliveries”, said the Russian group in a press release published on Tuesday evening on its Telegram account. Tuesday morning, Engie had announced that Gazprom had informed it of additional and immediate reductions in its gas deliveries to it, “due to a disagreement between the parties on the application of contracts”.
Deliveries of Russian gas to Engie had already dropped considerably since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, falling recently to just 1.5 TWh per month, the French group said in a press release. This figure relates to supplies “annual totals in Europe above 400 TWh”adds the main gas supplier in France, of which the French State holds nearly 24%.
Gazprom officially reduces deliveries to Engie ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/vca3vhbxGm
— Bertille Bayart (@BertilleBayart) August 30, 2022
The group recalled having already put in place measures to be able to supply its customers, even in the event of an interruption in Gazprom flows. “Engie had already secured the volumes necessary to ensure the supply of its customers and for its own needs”the statement said.
Last Thursday, France’s gas stocks exceeded the 90% fill threshold for the winter, according to the European Aggregated Gas Storage Inventory (AGSI) platform and France is on track to meet its 100% fill target. here November. Government spokesman Olivier Véran confirmed on franceinfo on Tuesday that the objective would be achieved. “by the end of summer” but warned that this did not mean that France would have “enough gas to get through the winter if the Russians cut it off and we used a lot of it”.