As the cat-and-mouse game continues over Russian gas to Europe, Russian Gazprom has refused to allow more gas into Europe via Ukraine for October, sending prices soaring another 10 percent Monday. Russia’s move to keep flows to Europe at a minimum means the continent cannot store up ahead of the winter months. According to Bloomberg, European gas storage is only at 72 percent capacity –a point they have been reduced to at this time of year in over a decade. Gazprom has only booked approximately one-third of the Yamal-Europe pipeline’s gas transit capacity that it was offered for October, according to Reuters , citing Interfax. Simultaneously, Gazprom has taken up no extra transit capacity via Ukraine. At Gazprom’s Sokhranovka and Sudzha natural gas network points–both on Russia-Ukraine border–the gas giant failed to book any of the 9.8 million cubic meters per day of capacity offered. The European natural gas […]