Russia’s Gas Limits Pose Increasing Concern, U.S. Envoy Says

The Biden administration is growing more concerned over Russia’s restrictions on natural gas exports amid fears that some European countries may not have enough supply to heat homes this winter if temperatures are colder than normal, the U.S. envoy for energy security said.

Russian supplies are “inexplicably low,” and news Monday that the country didn’t book capacity through October “increases the concern I have,” Amos Hochstein, the State Department’s senior adviser for energy security, told Bloomberg Television on Monday. “When storage is low at these levels, if we have a colder than average winter, my concern is that we will not be able to have enough gas to use for heating, not for power, in parts of Europe.”