Novatek stops selling gas on exchange in 2021, Belorusneft sells first billion cubic meters

MOSCOW. Jan 21 (Interfax) - The Yangpur Oil Company, a subsidiary of Belorusneft, was the only supplier in the natural gas session of the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) that boosted deliveries in 2021 relative to 2020.

Sergey Trofimenko, Managing Director for Gas and Electricity Markets, provided data on exchange sales volumes by suppliers.

Novatek (MOEX: NVTK) did not sell gas on the exchange in 2021, it only purchased (bought regularly), the SPIMEX also told Interfax.

Trofimenko added that Gazprom (MOEX: GAZP) slightly increased its trading limit in January trading for February (to be held on January 24).

The exchange said that 6.691 billion cubic meters of gas were sold in the year (58.3% less than the corresponding figure for 2019). Turnover amounted to 25.926 billion rubles. Of the total volume - 4.540 billion cubic meters was for delivery "for the next month", 2.151 billion cubic meters - with delivery "for the day" and "for non-working day n".

The number of participants and their clients in the section is 132.

At the end of the year, 51.3 million cubic meters of gas not dispatched under previously concluded exchange contracts were traded by purchasers, with the number of gas resellers standing at 14.

Gas exchange sales volumes for 2021 and 2020, mln cubic meters

Supplier	2021	2020
Gazprom mezhregiongaz LLC	5160	12169
JSC Yangpur Oil Company	1080	839
PJSC Rosneft Oil Company	320	1383
Gas-Oil Trading LLC	75	86
PJSC Novatek	0	1568

Supplier 2021 2020

Gazprom mezhregiongaz 5160 12169

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JSC Yangpur Oil Company 1080 839

PJSC Rosneft Oil Company 320 1383

Gas-Oil Trading LLC 75 86

PJSC Novatek 0 1568

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