Pipelines, Storage & Power

South Stream set to cede 10% of capacity

Details are emerging of how the EU’s Third Energy Package will affect Russia’s Gazprom, following confirmation by Brussels that the gas major’s much-discussed South Stream project will have to g
By Tom Washington 22 July 2013 0 2866

Details are emerging of how the EU’s Third Energy Package will affect Russia’s Gazprom, following confirmation by Brussels that the gas major’s much-discussed South Stream project will have to give up 10% of its capacity to third parties under new rules drawn up by the European Commission.

A new package of unbundling rules has been formulated by the commission with a view to making long-term gas sales more transparent and allowing “all market players to compete on a level playing field while creating the framework for...