Financial Times: Germany warns its gas stations not to receive gas supplies from Russia
The government in Germany has issued a warning to state-run gas stations against accepting any Russian shipments of liquefied natural gas.
Germany’s economy ministry has instructed state-owned Deutsche Energie Terminal not to accept any Russian gas shipments after the company told Berlin that its import facility in Brunsbüttel would receive a Russian shipment on Sunday, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
German energy company Uniper announced last June that it had obtained the right to claim more than 13 billion Euros ($14 billion) in compensation for the interruption of gas deliveries by its former Russian partner Gazprom since mid-2022, after a positive decision by an arbitration panel.
Uniper was severely affected in 2022 after the Russian-Ukrainian war, due to the reduction and then complete cessation of Russian gas shipments to Germany via the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
“This decision brings legal clarity to Uniper,” Uniper CEO Michael Lewis said in a statement, although “it’s not yet possible to estimate whether significant amounts of compensation are expected”.
