Gazprom announced that Kaliningrad is supplied with gas from reserves: the fuel comes from the storage facility, RBK reports.
“Currently, the needs of the Kaliningrad region for natural gas are fully met by the Kaliningrad underground storage,” a company representative commented.
Earlier on Tuesday, February 9, it became known that Gazprom has suspended the transit of gas through Lithuania to Kaliningrad, while fuel supplies to Lithuania from Belarus continue. The reasons for this decision were not disclosed.
The operator of the Lithuanian gas transmission system stressed to Amber Grid that they fulfill all the obligations under the agreement with the Russian monopoly, which is valid until 2025. “The contract stipulates that gas is transported on a send-or-pay basis. The temporary suspension of transit will not have financial implications for Amber Grid,” the company said.
Gas from Russia is supplied to the Kaliningrad region through Belarus and Lithuania via the Minsk-Vilnius-Kaunas-Kaliningrad pipeline with a capacity of 2.5 billion cubic meters per year. This was the only supply route to the region until 2019, when the Marshal Vasilevsky floating regasification terminal (FSRU) was put into operation. At the time, Gazprom said that after 2025 it will fully meet the demand of the Kaliningrad region for gas through supplies by sea.