Gazprom"s gas exports declined 13.4% in...
Gas exports to European consumers declined 11.6% in 2009 from the previous year to 140.4 billion cu m, with exports falling 11% to 104.1 billion cu m to Western Europe and 13.7% to 36.1 billion cu m to Central Europe, Gazprom said in a statement.
Gas exports to former Soviet republics, including the Baltic states, declined 17% in the reporting period to 65.6 billion cu m, the statement said.
At the same time, Gazprom boosted gas exports 12% in the fourth quarter of 2009 from the same period of 2008 to 62.6 billion cu m, with gas supplies to key European consumers increasing 64% to Germany and 19% to France.
Gazprom earlier said it expected to supply 160.8 billion cu m of natural gas to Europe in 2010, 163.5 billion cu m in 2011 and 170.9 billion cu m in 2012.
The company"s three-year plan of gas exports is based on the conservative scenario of gas demand recovery in Europe and takes into account the implications of the global financial and economic crisis.