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Why Belarus’s pipeline threats could mean even higher gas prices
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theguardian.comWhat is the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline?
The Yamal-Europe gas pipeline is owned by Russia’s state gas giant Gazprom and measures more than 2,600 miles. It brings Russian gas from the country’s giant gas fields on the Yamal Peninsula and western Siberia to Poland and Germany via Belarus. The pipeline does not directly lead to other European countries – but it helps to feed Germany’s giant gas storage facilities which are used by energy companies and traders across the continent.
Why is this pipeline important?
Russia remains Europe’s biggest supplier of gas and around a fifth of these supplies travelled through Belarus last year, mainly through the Yamal pipeline, making it an important conduit for European gas imports and for Russia’s gas
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