Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom stopped supplies to Austria early Saturday, according to the Vienna-based utility OMV after it said it would stop payments for the gas following an arbitration award.

Austria's chancellor says Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazrom will cut off supplies early Saturday to Austrian utility OMV.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian gas giant Gazprom continued to pump steady volumes of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Saturday, but supplies to Austrian energy company OMV were halted hours after Vienna said Russia had given notice it would cut off flows.

Russia told Austria on Friday it will suspend gas deliveries via Ukraine on Saturday, in a development that signals a fast-approaching end of Moscow's last gas flows to Europe.

Russia shipped some 15 billion cubic metres of gas via Ukraine in 2023, about 8% of peak Russian gas flows to Europe via various routes in 2018-2019, according to data compiled by Reuters.

Austrian energy company OMV said gas deliveries from Russia had ended at 6 a.m. (0500 GMT) on Saturday, but the regulator said supplies to customers were stable despite a drop in flows into Austria. "We confirm that there has been no gas delivery from 6 a.

Austrian energy company OMV announced that Russia's energy giant Gazprom will suspend gas deliveries to Austria starting Saturday. The move follows an arbitration ruling by the International Chamber of Commerce, which awarded OMV 230 million euros ($242 million) in a dispute over Gazprom's irregular gas deliveries.

In a notice published on the central European gas hub platform, Austria's OMV said Russia's Gazprom told it supply would stop on Saturday (16 November).

VIENNA - Russia's Gazprom has told Austria that it is suspending gas deliveries from Nov 16, a gas flow monitoring platform reported on Nov 15, in a development that could signal the end of the last Russian gas supplies to Europe.