Prominent gas users include ThyssenKrupp TKAG

E.ON was also diverting gas from production fields in thenorth of Germany, which supply 15 percent of domestic demand, tothe industry-heavy south. BASF (BASF.DE) unit Wingas, another major importer, saidshipments through the Yamal pipeline from Russia via Belarus toPoland were being stepped up, circumventing Ukraine. STORAGE The company operates Europe's biggest gas storage site atRehden in north Germany where it can hold a quarter of itscustomers' annual requirements, Koenig said The site was wellfilled, he added. Utility group RWE (RWEG.DE) echoed the statements of theother two companies, saying it was also using short-term tradingchannels in Europe to secure gas. Shares in E.ON and RWE shares were down 3.0 and 2.2 percentrespectively, underperforming the broader market .GDAXI. Experts say even under extreme weatherconditions, full reserves could stretch to two months. Gas consumer lobby VIK said there was no alarm about the gascrisis among member companies.

VIK represents 80 percent of industrial power and gasconsumption in sectors such as steel, chemicals, paper andglass. Prominent gas users include ThyssenKrupp (TKAG.DE), BayerBAYG.DE, and German units of paper groups Stora Enso(STERV.HE), SCA (SCAb.ST) and UPM (UPM1V.HE). Consumers' apparent calm stemmed from decades of goodGerman-Russian energy ties, said Manuel Frondel, an analyst atthe Essen-based RWI Institute. "People don't consider themselves as the focus of theactions, there is an understanding who the target of the actionis," he said.

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