Austria's Dependence on Russian Gas Increased by 33 Percent

PeopleExecutives ♦ Published: March 6, 2019; 19:48 ♦ (Vindobona)

The effects of the amendment to the contract on gas supplies from Russia to Austria signed last year become visible. A meeting in Moscow between Rainer Seele, Chairman of the Executive Board of OMV, and Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, revealed that gas deliveries between January 1 and March 5, 2019 increased by 32.9 per cent compared to the same period last year.

Ongoing implementation of the Nord Stream 2 project: As of now, 818 kilometers of pipes - precisely one-third of the gas pipeline’s total length - have been laid in the Baltic Sea. / Picture: © Gazprom / Information Directorate

A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Rainer Seele, Chairman of the Executive Board of OMV, took place in Moscow.

The parties reviewed current issues related to their cooperation, including the growth in gas exports to Austria.

Between January 1 and March 5, 2019, the Company’s gas supplies to the country amounted to…