Gazprom notes 'significant' European gas export rise

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London-Russia's Gazprom signaled February 1 a notable increase in European demand for natural gas, saying its exports to Europe were "significantly greater" in January than exports in the first month of 2009.During a conference call to discuss its third quarter results, released earlier February 1, Gazprom officials said the company had witnessed export growth also at the end of last year. "In Q4 supplies of gas for export were considerably higher than what we saw in the same period in 2008," one official said. The Russian gas monopoly also saw an increase in domestic consumption and in exports to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in January.