* Norway's pipeline gas exports total 273 mcm/day * Kollsnes, Troll maintenance to end on Sept. 25 OSLO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Norway's pipeline gas exports to Europe rose onWednesday from the previous day as flows to France recovered following an end ofmaintenance at an import terminal in Dunkirk, data from the gas system operatorshowed. Meanwhile, deliveries to Britain via the Langeled pipeline eased by 9million cubic metres (mcm) per day to 54 mcm/day. The other maintenance that is affecting output from the Kollsnes gasprocessing plant and Troll gas field is scheduled to end on Sept. 25. The following table shows Norwegian pipeline gas flows, measured in millioncubic metres/day, compared with the previous session's average: Destination Real time Pvs session Change average (mcm) Britain 54 63 -9 Germany & Netherlands 137 136 1 France 39 5 34 Belgium 43 42 1 Total 273 246 27 NOTE: Pipeline gas export figures are based on gas fed into the system at acertain time and calculated as a daily average. Levels can vary throughout theday as producers adjust the amount of gas they export, according to changingnominations, or orders, from customers. Following is a summary of spot price settlements at European gas tradinghubs: Gas hub Sept 23 Sept 22 NBP (UK) 21.3/48.8 21.4/49.2 TTF (Netherlands) 21.1 21.6 NCG (Germany) 21.4 22.2 Gaspool (Germany) 21.2 22.0 Zeebrugge (Belgium) 21.1 21.4 Peg Nord (France) 20.6 24.4 Peg Sud (France) 28.8 29.1 Oil-indexed prices* 28.31/30.29/33.66 28.31/30.29/33.66 NOTE: Prices are in euros per megawatt-hour, except for NBP (euros/MWh & p/th).The oil-indexed price for Russian gas is an estimate by Thomson Reuters PointCarbon. * The oil-indexed prices mentioned above are in order: Russia spot-indexedgas/Russian oil-linked discounted gas/Russian outright oil-indexed gas. (Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis; Editing by Mark Potter)
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