Gazprom says Q1 gas exports outside ex-Soviet Union down 27.1% y/y

(Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom said on Friday that its natural gas exports outside former Soviet Union countries fell to 38.5 billion cubic metres (bcm) in the quarter ended March 31, down 27.1% from a year earlier. It said its gas output for the quarter was unchanged at 135 bcm. NN: that missing gas has to be made up somehow. This is getting uglier by the day. You will see spot energy shortages. Including natural gas, gasoline, diesel fuel and electricity