Germany denies allegations that it cannot fulfil commitments, Russia is on the verge of shutting off its gas to Europe.

LONDON — Russia’s energy monster is taking steps to send less gas to Europe — yet Germany, one of its principal shippers, has dismissed the thought.

Greater part state-claimed Gazprom said Monday that because of unforeseeable conditions it isn’t in that frame of mind to consent to gas contracts with Europe.

Germany’s energy firm Uniper affirmed to CNBC that Gazprom had guaranteed “force majeure” on its provisions. Force majeure, a lawful term, happens when unforeseeable conditions keep one party from satisfying its legally binding obligations, in principle exculpating them from punishments.

“The facts really confirm that we have gotten a letter from Gazprom Export in which the organization claims force majeure retroactively for past and current setbacks in gas conveyances. We consider this as outlandish and have officially dismissed the power majeure guarantee,” Lucas Wintgens, representative for Uniper.

Authorities in Germany and somewhere else in Europe have become progressively worried about the chance of a total closure in gas supplies from Russia. These feelings of trepidation increased after Nord Stream 1 — a key gas pipeline from Russia to Germany — was shut recently for support work, for certain questioning that streams will be completely reestablished after works are finished up on July 21.

European countries got around 40% of their gas imports from Russia before it attacked Ukraine. European authorities have been scrambling to end this reliance, however it’s an exorbitant interaction and difficult to accomplish for the time being.

The European Commission, the chief arm of the EU, has declared new gas manages the United States and Azerbaijan, for example, as it looks for new providers of petroleum derivatives.

“This is an obviously unknown area and remarkable here,” Andreas Schroeder, head of energy investigation at research organization ICIS, told.

“While the European Union has overseen in lessening the volumes of imports of hydrocarbons in Russia, they didn’t figure out how to decrease the cost they pay.”

European gas costs have taken off because of lower streams from Russia. However, these greater costs imply that Russia can send less gas to Europe and make something very similar — or much more — cash than previously. Schroeder considered this the “balancing impact.”

The front-month gas cost at the Dutch TTF center, an European benchmark for flammable gas exchanging, was around 1% higher at 159 euros ($1.02) each megawatt-hour Tuesday morning. Costs are up more 600% throughout the past year.