Gazprom can't meet all requests for gas-source

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Feb 1 (Reuters) - Gazprom is getting more requests for gas deliveries to Europe than it can physically accommodate, a source at the Russian gas export monopoly said on Wednesday, adding that demand had been at elevated levels for more than a week.

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Gazprom is struggling to meet export commitments as a severe cold spell in Russia - temperatures in Moscow are expected to average minus 20 degrees Celsius for the next 10 days - forces up heating demand on the domestic market. (Reporting by Melissa Akin, Editing by Douglas Busvine)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/01/gazprom-exports-pipe-idUSL5E8D12FM20120201?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssEnergyNews&rpc=401

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1. Very cold weather across much of Europe

NG consumption has soared, and people have frozen to death. A number of people. The cold moved from Russia to eastern Europe, and is now moving over to France, Italy, etc.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukraines-says-43-people-have-died-so-far-from-severe-cold-weather/2012/02/01/gIQA9R2AhQ_story.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-01/freezing-siberian-winds-boost-european-power-prices-disrupt-gas-supplies.html

A big snowstorm in Italy is shutting roads. Transportation in the Black Sea is affected due to freezing.

20 people dead in Poland, many more in Ukraine.