The European Commission said on Wednesday that the issue of problems with the supply of natural gas from Nigeria to Galp “has not yet been raised” at weekly monitoring meetings, stressing that it has the means to investigate supply disruptions if verified.
“The Commission monitors the quantities of gas supplied to Europe on a daily and weekly basis and, if interruptions in flows are detected, the Commission services investigate the causes of the disruptions”cites an official community government source in a written response sent to the Lusa office.
Two days after Galp indicated that the reduction in the production and supply of gas from Nigeria could affect supplies in Portugal, the institution emphasizes that it “meets weekly with representatives of Member States in the Gas Coordination Group”, meetings at which countries inform Brussels “about recent developments in their respective countries that may affect the European Union’s global security of supply”.
“This issue has not yet been raised at these meetings,” the same official source told Lusa.
Nigeria LNG Limited warned Galp of “significant reductions in the production and supply of liquefied natural gas” as a result of the rains and floods in West and Central Africa, which could jeopardize supplies in Portugal, according to a note from the Portuguese company. Monday night to the Securities Market Commission.
In that note, Galp said that “no information has yet been made available to support the assessment of the potential impact of the event, which could, however, lead to additional supply disruptions” to the Portuguese oil company.
Following this information to the market, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Action said that “there is currently no confirmation of a reduction in gas deliveries from Nigeria”, stating that there is still no “deficit in the market”.
The guardianship stressed that “any alarming information is inappropriate, especially in times of global uncertainty”.
On Tuesday, Galp said “it is not clear at this time” whether the flooding in Nigeria, the main national supplier of natural gas, could cause additional supply disruptions and assured it was monitoring the situation.
The warning comes at a time of energy crisis in the European Union, accentuated by the effects of the war in Ukraine, and as the European Commission takes steps to tackle the high prices and supply problems, particularly on the part of Russia, the to face.
Source: DN
