Winter preparation work ‘cannot be paused’: Gazprom August deliveries comparable to normal winter demand Gazprom production up by 18.1% in year to date Russia’s Gazprom said Aug. 16 that high demand for gas both domestically and abroad in August meant there was an “increased load” on the system during the company’s traditional maintenance period. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now In a statement, Gazprom also said that winters in both Russia and Europe were now lasting into March, meaning it needed to prioritize gas storage injections this summer. This, it said, was “well understood” by its European colleagues. Gazprom said that supplies in August to the domestic market and to the Far Abroad (Europe and Turkey minus the countries of the former Soviet Union) had reached a “new peak” compared with previous years. It compared the situation this month to what would […]