Gazprom Gaining Ground in Europe

... bcm of gas (only 14.7 bcm was pumped instead of 17 bcm) for a regular winter heating season, the contract with Opal will lead to a softening of Russia’s line in the course of tripartite negotiations Russia-EU-Ukraine on price formation for the gas supplied to Ukraine. Brussels has expressed interest in the tripartite negotiations for several months - Maroš Šefčovič, European Commissioner for Energy was going to reopen the negotiations by autumn, though amid the administrative delays, the visit of the commissioner in October 2016 was called off. Ukraine-Gazprom Arbitration Procedures REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Viktor ...