Gazprom announced that it would not resume gas deliveries through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline on September 2 and the Russian government has since made it clear that deliveries would not resume until the EU sanctions against Russia were lifted. This question resolves to "YES" if, at any point between now and March 1, 2023, Gazprom resumes deliveries through Nord Stream 1. This can be as a result of a deal between the EU and Russia or for whatever other reasons, it doesn't matter for the purposes of this market, the outcome will be only be determined by whether gas deliveries resume, no matter the reason. The question will also resolve to "YES" if Gazprom temporarily resumes deliveries but stops them again before March 1, 2023.
EDIT: In response to M's comment below, I will also stipulate that unless volumes are greater than 5% of the pipeline's capacity, the question will resolve to "NO".
@phl43 Yeah you might be right. I just think the sanctions are long term devastating. We can really see the long term effects of the original sanctions on their ability to conduct this war. Who knows, Iโll bet on greed over continuing this worthless war.
"NO" because
1) We're seeing a decoupling in the economic relationship between the west and russia
2) Hardliners on russia will dominate EU foreign policy in the near future and therefore there will be no concessions from the EU that would restart gas delivery
Saying that, if the economic situation gets very bad in the EU, the EU might be willing to make concessions. By bad economic situation I mean that the recession is going to be far worse than during the SDC.
"NO"
@phl43 I understand, just sharing for hedging purposes. I think it is helpful to discover price discrepancies to display related markets next to each other.
@M That's a good point, I edited the description of how the question will be resolve to prevent such a microscopic resumption of deliveries from triggering a "YES" resolution, thanks for pointing out this possibility.