One of Europe's Largest Gas Storage Sites Could Start The Winter Empty

The Haidach gas storage site in Austria—one of central Europe's largest—may be unable to receive any natural gas ahead of next winter due to a lack of connections other than with Russia's Gazprom, Austrian energy officials told Bloomberg on Friday. The Haidach site was built and used by Gazprom and is one of the biggest in central Europe. It has the capacity to hold enough natural gas to cover four months of consumption in Austria. Gazprom, however, halted earlier this month gas supply to Gazprom Germania GmbH, its former subsidiary,…