Today, the price of gas in Europe exceeded the mark of 2100 dollars per thousand cubic meters. This is a record value. So show
data from the ICE Futures exchange.
Before that, the cost of gas was a record 1594 dollars/thousand. kubov was fixed on October 6. In November, the average price of gas in Europe was 945 dollars/thousand. cubic meters, and in December – 1159 dollars/thousand. cubes
Note that gas is becoming more expensive due to the onset of severe cold in Europe, the average temperature in December is expected to be 2 degrees lower than last year.
At the same time, "Gazprom" not only does not order transit through one of the main routes - the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline, but also, according to the data of the German gas transport operator Gascade, launched it in the reverse mode - from west to east.
Experts emphasize that the rise in gas prices is caused by the manipulative actions of Russia's Gazprom, which is trying to launch the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline faster, using gas blackmail.