Russian gas flows to Finland to stop on Saturday, says Gasum (updated)

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20/05/2022 11:20

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    HELSINKI, May 20 (Reuters) - Flows of Russian gas to
neighbouring Finland will stop on Saturday morning, Finnish
state-owned gas wholesaler Gasum said in a statement on Friday.
    "On the afternoon of Friday May 20, Gazprom Export informed
Gasum that natural gas supplies to Finland under Gasum's supply
contract will be cut on Saturday 21 May at 04.00 (GMT)", Gasum
said.
    The company will continue to supply gas to Finnish customers
from other sources through the Balticconnector pipeline.
    "We have been carefully preparing for this situation and
provided that there will be no disruptions in the gas
transmission network, we will be able to supply all our
customers with gas in the coming months," Gasum CEO Mika
Wiljanen said.

 (Reporting by Anne Kauranen in Helsinki and Nora Buli in Oslo,
editing by Gwladys Fouche and Terje Solsvik)
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