The record stockpile of natural gas in northwest Europe and Italy is eating into the regions’ thirst for Gazprom’s product, according to Reuters, and the Russian gas giant has lost more ground in terms of sales to the area compared to its competitors. Gazprom’s falling natural gas exports to the region have caused Gazprom’s share of the natural gas market to fall by 4 percentage points in the first half of 2020, according to data compiled by Reuters and Refinitiv—from 38% a year ago to 34% now. Sales from Gazprom’s competitors, including Equinor, has fallen off by a lesser amount—4bcm–meaning that Equinor has actually picked up more of the market, supplying 26% of the market in H1 vs 25% last year. North Africa has seen its market share in the region slip by 1 percentage point. Gazprom’s revenues from gas exports in the first five months of this year […]