Russian gas exports through Ukraine to Europe as well as nominations, or requests, for gas flows from Slovakia to Austria have remained stable on Thursday.

Russian energy giant Gazprom GAZP.MM said it would send 42.4 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Thursday, the same as on Wednesday.

Nominations for flows leaving Slovakia to Austria were also stable compared with the previous day while nominations to the Czech Republic from Slovakia were a touch below this month’s average, data from transmission system operator Eustream showed.

Nominations to Austria still remained below levels registered before Gazprom stopped exports to Vienna-based OMV OMVVI.VI.

Those supplies were halted in mid-November in a dispute over payments and supply while flows to Europe via Ukraine remained steady as other buyers asked for more gas.

Nominations for natural gas flows into Slovakia from Ukraine were about 3% below November averages on Thursday but in line with October levels, the data showed.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow and Jason Hovet in Prague, Editing by David Goodman)