Russian gas monopoly Gazprom delivered 48.6 billion cubic meters of gas to the German market from January 1 through November 6, 2018, marks an increase of 4.9 billion cubic meters from the same period of the previous year, when Germany set a record for Russian gas imports at 53.4 billion cubic meters, the Russian company said, citing provisional data.

Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller paid a working visit to Germany on November 7 where he met with German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier in Berlin.

The parties discussed a wide array of issues related to cooperation in the gas sector, noting that Germany, the world’s biggest importer of Russian gas, had been consistently increasing the volume of its purchases for the fourth consecutive year since 2015, Gazprom said.

 

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