Natural Gas Pipeline
LNG tankers divert to Europe from Asia after Russia halts materials to Austria's OMV
A minimum of five freights of liquefied gas have actually diverted from Asia to Europe in the previous couple of days, drawn by higher gas costs on the continent after Russia's Gazprom stopped supplies to Austria's OMV, information from analytics firm Kpler revealed. On Saturday Gazprom halted products to leading Austrian gas importer OMV after OMV threatened to impound some of the Russian state company's gas as settlement for an arbitration it had actually won over a contractual conflict. Gazprom notified OMV of the prepared stop on Friday, triggering European gas costs at the Dutch TTF center to surge, making...