Baptiste Morin, edited by Gauthier Delomez 8:00 p.m., August 30, 2022
The Russian giant Gazprom again reduced its gas deliveries to the French energy company Engie on Tuesday.
If the stocks are full according to the Ministry of the Economy, France wants to turn to other supplier countries and will ask the French to limit their consumption to spend the winter.
A further reduction in gas deliveries for France.
The French energy company Engie announced on Tuesday that the Russian giant Gazprom had informed it of additional and immediate reductions in its deliveries to it "due to a disagreement between the parties on the application of contracts".
In this context, officially, the Ministry of the Economy ensures that French stocks are full, but that is not enough.
In reality, we must also find something to compensate for Russian gas.
Engie has already approached Norway, the first supplier.
The Nordic country has increased its deliveries, but it could well lower them again.
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Will Norway limit its exports?
"Norway produces its electricity mainly from hydro. This year, given the drought everywhere, there may be threats to the production of hydroelectricity", observes Jean-Pierre Favennec, economist specializing in energy. at the microphone of Europe 1. This is why, according to him, "Norway may be tempted to preserve its gas production".
So, Engie is discussing with Algeria, which represents 8% of French gas imports.
But the deputy director of the energy company announced herself that these discussions did not relate to next winter.
There are therefore still the suppliers of liquefied natural gas (LNG), more distant like the United States or Qatar.
It is thanks to this energy that Europe is filling up its reserves so quickly at the moment.
However, Europe has benefited so far from weak Chinese demand, and as autumn approaches, China should also begin to fill its reserves.
To compensate for Russian gas this winter, the solution could therefore go through a reduction in consumption.