“Gazprom” has demonstrated how it can effectively influence the reverse gas supplies to Ukraine from Europe. Under the pretext of lack of gas for injection into storage in the Russian monopoly refused to supply additional volumes of Poland, it took her out of the small cooling. As a result, Warsaw was forced to abandon the reverse, and renewal in question. In addition to the threat of Kiev is also a signal to Brussels about the need to revitalize the decision of the Ukrainian gas problem.
Yesterday the Polish PGNiG said that in the last three days, “Gazprom” has not fulfilled its application to increase the supply of gas, due to which Poland received less about 20% of the stated requirements. In “Gazprom” clarified that the supply to Poland the same amount of gas as before, – 23 million cubic meters per day. Refusal to meet the increased application monopoly explains shortage of gas due to the current injection into underground storage facilities in Russia. As a result of yesterday in the middle of the day Poland was forced to stop reverse gas supplies to Ukraine, which Russian President Vladimir Putin and the management of “Gazprom” has repeatedly called “questionable” and promised to stop. Thus, the head of “Gazprom” Alexei Miller said in late June that the company may limit the supply of gas metering stations for those who are used to reverse the Ukraine.
Poland receives Russian gas through three main points: Kondratki and high – on the border with Belarus and Drozdovychi – on the border with Ukraine. According to the Polish gas pipeline operator Gas System, September 8, PGNiG escalated daily applications for gas. By Drozdovich volume of nominations increased from 8 to 10 September by 33% to 11.9 million cubic meters, according to the High – by 22% to 9.4 million cubic meters. “Gazprom” same applications run in part by supplying previous volumes – 8.7 million cubic meters for each item that is not less than the minimum volume for the contract. As a result, PGNiG, supplied to Ukraine 4.2 million cubic meters of gas per day, interrupted reverse logistics for its customers.
At the same time, “Gazprom” in early September began to reduce supply through the Yamal – Europe in Germany. According GASCADE, with 3 to September 10, daily shipments declined from around 82 million cubic meters to 73 million cubic meters in 2013, the September decline was much less significant. The largest transit direction – through Ukraine – remains stable transit to Europe since early September has stabilized at 61-62 million cubic meters per day, but in comparison with the beginning of August pumping fell by a third. However, as in the Yamal – Europe here “Gazprom” generally takes the nomination customers from Europe.
Reverse gas to Ukraine from Slovakia, who last week reached 26.4 million cubic meters per day until it is concerned, in the gas flow between Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia yesterday also was the obvious changes that would talk about the lack of substantial Russian gas. Chapter “Ukrtranshaz” Igor Prokopiv said that Poland and promised to resume the reverse for two days. According Net4gas, in the last three days Gas System has tried to balance the system in southern Poland with the help of flows from the Czech Republic in the amount of about 500 thousand. Cubic meters per day, but there is not enough pipeline capacity to the full resumption of the reverse. The only significant source of gas to Poland, in addition to Russia, the reverse is from Germany, but not clear whether it be organized in a reduction of the supply on the Yamal – Europe. Thus, reverse gas to Ukraine from Poland is in jeopardy.
According to Alexei Grivach of NESF, the current situation is proof that without Russian gas Reversible circuit supplies to Ukraine is not viable. “Value for consumption in Poland increase slightly due to the cold weather, as the supply had to be stopped,” – he says. According to him, such a move “Gazprom” to remind the authorities of the EU that, despite the approach of winter, the Ukrainian gas problem has not been solved. Mr. Grivach notes that “Gazprom” has repeatedly warned its European partners on possible action in the case of Ukraine, and on the reverse “on the market, everyone understands.”
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