French GDF's supplies from Russia returns to normal
4/1/2006 11:52
French gas utility, Gaz de France (GDF), announced Tuesday that its
supplies from Russia returned to normal after having fallen up to 30 percent on
Monday.
"During the recent days, gas supplies in France have never been
disrupted," the group said in a statement.
The group said on Monday that it
had taken all the measures to cope with any shortage in gas supplies when the
Russian gas company Gazprom moved to cut supplies of gas to Ukraine in a pricing
dispute with resulting disruption to supplies to several European
countries.
Supplies from Russia represent 24 percent of the GDF's total
imports, with the rest coming from Algeria, Norway, Holland and Nigeria,
according to the group.
Russian gas giant Gazprom cut down natural gas
supplies to Ukraine on Sunday after Kiev rejected Russia's demand to more than
quadruple the price.
Many European countries including Austria, Hungary,
Poland and Slovakia, which rely heavily on Russian gas from the pipelines that
cross Ukraine, had reported a sharp drop in their supplies and supplies of
Russian gas have already returned to normal in Hungary, Austria and Germany.
Xinhua
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