MOSCOW/HELSINKI, May 11 (Reuters) - Finnish energy
provider Gasum has not been taking cargoes of liquefied natural
gas (LNG) for about a month from the Russian Kryogaz-Vysotsk
plant controlled by Novatek , Kommersant daily reported
on Thursday, citing data from analytics group Kpler.
It said Gasum tanker Coral Energice was in the Baltic Sea
port of Vysotsk on April 24 and left empty. Another, Coral
Energy, was last detected in the port on April 4.
Before, the tankers used to take several LNG cargoes every
month from the plant with a capacity of 660,000 tonnes a year.
Gazprom Export, a subsidiary of Russian energy giant Gazprom , acts as the exporting agent for selling gas from the
plant.
"Gasum has a long-term LNG supply contract with Gazprom
Export and this contract is still valid," Gasum told Reuters. It
also said the company obtained LNG from several different supply
sources.
Most of the LNG purchased by Gasum comes from countries
other than Russia, it added.
Novatek did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
Gazprom halted pipeline gas exports to Finland in May 2022,
demanding that European countries pay for Russian pipeline gas
supplies in roubles because of sanctions imposed over Moscow's
actions of Ukraine, but Finland refuses to do so.
LNG supplies do not fall under the rouble payments scheme.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin and Anne Kauranen
Editing by Mark Potter)
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