Iran Press/ Europe: State-controlled Gazprom, citing Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller said on Wednesday its exports outside of the ex-Soviet Union will reach 100.9 billion cubic meters (bcm) this year.
That is a fall of more than 45% from 185.1 bcm in 2021 and includes supplies to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline, through which Gazprom supplied 10.39 bcm last year.
Russian direct gas exports to Germany, Europe's largest economy, were halted in September following blasts at the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
Russian gas exports via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline totaled record-high 59.2 bcm last year.
The 100.9 bcm of Russian gas pipeline supplies, which Gazprom defines as exports to "far abroad", or outside the former-Soviet Union, is one of the lowest since the collapse of the Soviet state in 1991.
One of Gazprom's previous post-Soviet lows of gas sales to "far abroad" was at 117.4 bcm in 1995, according to Gazprom Export.
Russia meanwhile has been increasing its sea-borne liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales, thanks mostly to the Novatek-led Yamal LNG plant in the Arctic.
According to the Rosstat government body, Russia's LNG production rose by almost 10% in January - November to 29.7 million tonnes.
Russia has managed to offset lower gas imports to Europe by higher energy prices at its budget revenues from oil and gas jumped by over a third in the first 10 months of the year.
Gazprom also said that its 2022 gas output is seen at 412.6 bcm, which is down from 514.8 bcm in 2021, when it reached a 13-year high.
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