* Exports to Europe total 306 mcm/day * Flows to Britain rise by 7 mcm/day OSLO, June 30 (Reuters) - Norwegian pipeline gas exports toEurope rose on Tuesday as the country's second-largest field,Ormen Lange, raised output, data from gas system operator Gasscoshowed. Pipeline gas supplies to Europe were running at 306 cubicmetres per day (mcm/day) by around 0700 GMT, the highest levelsince the beginning of April, and up 11 mcm from volumesdelivered on Monday. The Shell-operated Ormen Lange was restarted onMonday after annual maintenance and is expected to reach itsfull production capacity of around 65 mcm/day by Wednesday. Production capacity at Norway's Nyhamna gas plant, whichprocesses gas from Ormen Lange, is expected to be reduced by 5mcm/day on Tuesday due to an unexpected outage. The following table shows Norwegian gas pipeline flowsmeasured in mcm/day and changes from the previous session'sdelivered volumes: Destination Real time Pvs business Change day (mcm) Britain 83 76 7 Germany & Netherlands 149 148 1 France 34 36 -2 Belgium 40 35 5 Total 306 295 11 NOTE: Real-time gas export figures are based on gas fed intothe system at a certain time and calculated as a daily average. Levels can vary throughout the day as producers adjust theamount of gas they export, according to changing nominations, ororders, from customers. Volumes for the previous business day show delivered gas. Following is a summary of spot price settlements at Europeangas trading hubs: Gas hub June 27 June 26 NBP (UK) 42.1 20.2/42.0 TTF (Netherlands) 20.4 20.5 NCG (Germany) 20.6 20.6 Gaspool (Germany) 20.8 20.8 Zeebrugge (Belgium) n/a 20.0 Peg Nord (France) 20.9 20.8 Trading Region South 21.6 21.5 (France) Oil-indexed prices* 21.59/27.26 21.59/27.26 NOTE: Prices are in euros per megawatt-hour (MWh), except forNBP (euros/MWh & p/th). * - The oil-indexed prices are in order: Point Carbon's bestestimate for Russian gas, including spot indexation and baseprice discounts, and an estimate for Russian outrightoil-indexed gas. (Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis; editing by Jason Neely)
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