Ukraine has begun to receive gas from Slovakia – RBC

Ukraine has begun to receive gas from Slovakia – RBC

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In Ukraine, began to supply natural gas from Slovakia. It is expected that the daily intake of natural gas through the pipeline “Voyany-Uzhgorod” during the test supplies will be 2 million cubic meters, the press service of “Naftogaz Ukraine”.

Test shipments were initiated by operators of gas transmission systems of Ukraine and Slovakia – “Ukrtransgaz” and Eustream. It is expected that full gas supplies to Ukraine from Slovakia will begin in September 2014.

Memorandum of Understanding on reversing gas supplies from Slovakia to Ukraine was signed between “Ukrtransgaz” and Eustream April 28th. The first option (“a small reverse”) provides for the organization of physical reversible supplies from Slovakia to Ukraine at the level of 2 million. Cube. m night. Deliveries can be started from September 1, 2014. after completion of all technical and organizational measures in the territory of Slovakia. The actual amount of supply can be increased as a result of the testing system. The technical scope of supply of gas through the “big reverse” provides for the delivery of up to 30 billion cubic meters per year. At the same time Ukrainian and Slovak parties plan to hold consultations with the participation of “Gazprom export”, which now plays the role of mediator in the point of transfer of gas between Ukraine and Slovakia.

In June 2014. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said he did not rule out the possibility of restricting the supply of gas to the customers of the Russian company that will engage reverse to Ukraine. The company calls the scheme Reverse gas supplies to Ukraine “poluaferistichnoy.”

According to “Ukrtransgaz”, the total amount of gas imported by Ukraine in June 2014. amounted to more than 2 billion cubic meters. m, which is more than two times higher than in the first summer month of 2013. Most of the gas was imported from Russia, the share of the reverse supply from Europe had only about 300 million cubic meters. m.

From mid-June “Naftogaz Ukrainy” Russian natural gas only in the paid amounts. Russian gas supplies to Ukraine de facto suspended. This occurred after the transfer of Gazprom supplies to Ukraine in prepaid mode. Cause of chronic non-payments have been named “Naftogaz of Ukraine” for Russian fuel. Payable at the time of the transfer of Ukraine mode prepayment was approximately $ 4.5 billion ($ 1.5 billion for the end of 2013., And $ 3 billion for the first half of 2014.).

George Peremitin

August 16, 2014