* Exports to Europe total 319 mcm/day * Flows to Britain rise by 5 mcm/day OSLO, July 2 (Reuters) - Norwegian pipeline gas exports toEurope rose on Thursday on higher deliveries to Britain, whileflows to continental Europe held steady, data from gas systemoperator Gassco showed. Pipeline gas supplies to Europe were running at 319 millioncubic metres per day (mcm/day) at around 1000 GMT, up 5 mcm fromvolumes delivered on Wednesday. Total flows rose to their highest levels since the beginningof April this week after the Shell-operated Ormen Langefield returned to full capacity after annual maintenance. 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 88 83 5 Germany & Netherlands 146 148 -2 France 40 40 0 Belgium 45 43 2 Total 319 314 5 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 July 1 June 30 NBP (UK) 20.6/42.8 20.3/42.2 TTF (Netherlands) 20.8 20.8 NCG (Germany) 20.9 20.8 Gaspool (Germany) 20.9 20.8 Zeebrugge (Belgium) 20.6 20.3 Peg Nord (France) 20.9 20.7 Trading Region South 21.5 21.7 (France) Oil-indexed prices* 20.87/26.56 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 Dale Hudson)
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