VIENNA (AP) — Russia’s state-owned pure gasoline firm Gazrom will reduce off provides to Austria’s OMV utility early Saturday, Austria’s chancellor mentioned Friday, including that his nation’s underground gasoline storage was full and that it had different, non-Russia provides.
The cutoff follows OMV’s announcement that it might cease paying for Gazprom gasoline to its Austrian arm to offset a 230 million euro arbitration award it received over an earlier cutoff of gasoline to its German subsidiary.
Chancellor Karl Nehammer mentioned Austria has a safe provide of different gasoline and that “nobody will freeze.”
“The provision is safe,” Nehammer mentioned in a rapidly known as look on the chancellery. “Our gasoline storage services are full and we’ve enough capability to acquire gasoline from different areas.
Representatives of OMV and Gazprom couldn’t be instantly reached for remark.
