Russia has halted natural gas deliveries to Finland after state energy wholesaler Gasum failed to make a required payment in rubles, the Finnish gas system operator Gasgrid Finland said on Saturday. Gas imports through Imatra entry point have been stopped.
Russia’s Gazprom Export has confirmed a complete halt in gas deliveries to Finland. Russia’s Gazprom Export has confirmed a complete halt in gas deliveries to Finland.
As of the end of the business day on May 20, Gazprom Export has not received payment for gas supplies in April from Gasum (Finland) in accordance with the new ruble-based payment mechanism, the company said in a statement.
Finland imports the vast majority of its natural gas from Russia, but the fuel only accounts for about 5% of the country’s energy use. Nearly 30% of primary energy in Finland comes from chopping down forests and burning wood, while 22.5% is from oil, and 19% from nuclear energy.
In 2020, Russia supplied around 1.61 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Finland, and last year the figure stood at 1.8 billion cubic meters. Also, Finland has two liquefied natural gas terminals in Pori and Tornio, with total capacity of 0.65 billion cubic meters per year.
In order to completely replace Russian gas supplies, Finland will have to fully use its existing energy infrastructure, analysts say, as the Nordic nation does not have its own underground gas storage capacity.
State company Gasum says it’s prepared for a Russian supply shutdown. Both Estonia and Finland intend to rent a floating terminal to receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) by next autumn.
Finland hopes to receive gas from Estonia via the Balticconnector gas pipeline during the summer, although Tallinn also rejected Russia’s new payment mechanism last month, and capacity limitations on the pipeline may complicate the task.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2022.
What sane people inhabiting a country of any political or economic system would want to place the cash flow of their business endeavors under the control of global secessionists and monopolists? There’s nothing wrong with the representatives of a sovereign nation asking you to pay them in their own currency. Seriously. If one travels to Japan, should that person get offended if the restaurant takes only the local currency? Or should they also be required to accept payment in US company script?
Ouch, a country like Finland with no Gas is the same as swimming in a semi frozen lake naked.
The have enough woods and forests to burn up?
Indeed…………
It should come as no surprise that Finland wants to join NATO, lets not forget that in WW2 they were on the side of the Nazis, nothing changes.
That is a deadly confirmation.
yes another WEF stooge..same as NZ ardern..wake up finns