Gazprom Says Plans To Deliver At Least 7.06 Trillion Cubic Feet Of Gas To Europe Annually

Fakhir Rizvi Published March 22, 2019 | 03:47 PM

Russian energy giant Gazprom expects to continue delivering at least 200 billion cubic meters of gas (7.06 trillion cubic feet) to Europe annually, Andrey Kruglov, the deputy chairman of Gazprom Management Committee, said on Friday

MINSK (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd March, 2019) Russian energy giant Gazprom expects to continue delivering at least 200 billion cubic meters of gas (7.06 trillion cubic feet) to Europe annually, Andrey Kruglov, the deputy chairman of Gazprom Management Committee, said on Friday.

Gazprom's gas exports to Europe and Turkey surged by 3.

8 percent in 2018, amounting to record 201.8 billion cubic meters.

"We plan to at least maintain the volume of gas deliveries to Europe ... Now we can say for sure that 200 billion cubic meters per year is the target that we aspire to reach," Kruglov told reporters.

He recalled that just several years ago Gazprom's target level of annual gas deliveries to Europe was around 160 billion cubic meters.