Gazprom presented the results of gas production and supplies for January-May this year. According to preliminary estimates, gas production decreased by 4.8% to 211.4 billion cubic meters. This is 10.6 billion cubic meters less than in the same period of 2021, follows from the company’s information.

Gazprom notes that this May has become the coldest in the European part of Russia in the history of observations, so gas supplies to Russian consumers 22 times reached record daily figures for ten years. On the whole, May supplies in the country were 17.7% higher than last year’s figure.

According to the company’s estimates, exports to non-CIS countries fell by 27.6% to 61 billion cubic meters. This is 23.2 billion cubic meters less than in the same period of 2021. Gazprom claims that gas exports to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline are growing. The volume of supplies to China is not given.