Germany set to receive gas from France by October

Germany's energy regulator predicted on Monday that the country would receive natural gas from France by October, as Europe's biggest economy tries to re-orient its energy supplies away from Russian sources, reported dpa.

Federal Network Agency president Klaus Müller said that "intensive talks are being held with France."

France has significant liquid natural gas (LNG) capacity, but he did not specify what kind of volume of gas could be delivered.

One of the "technical challenges" mentioned by Müller was that France adds an odour to its gas for safety reasons at a different stage, while Germany adds the odour at a local level.

A risk assessment was being carried out with German industrial partners when it came to using French gas, but the risk was currently deemed to be justifiable, Müller said.