« Gazprom “demanded by the Turkmen company nearly $ 5 billion for the supplied gas in 2010-2015. The Russian company has more than five years, achieves price revision for Central Asian gas
«Gazprom», which in July 2015 sued the “Turkmengaz” in the Stockholm arbitration, presented the company’s claims of about $ 5 billion, according to “Interfax “, citing a source familiar with the situation. According to him, the sum retroactive payments under the contract from 2010 to 2015. This was confirmed by a source in the RBC «Gazprom».
Since the beginning of the crisis in 2008 “Gazprom” I was trying to revise the price of gas purchased in Turkmenistan, but only in the summer of 2015 addressed to the Stockholm arbitration with the relevant requirements. But the amount of claims was not disclosed. Deputy Chairman of the Board of “Gazprom” Alexander Medvedev said that it is too early to talk about how much to pay and when to pay “Turkmengaz”, reminiscent of the “Interfax».
According to the agreement in 2010 “Gazprom” bought from Turkmenistan of 10 billion cu. meters of gas per year. But in 2015, the Russian monopoly has decided to reduce the volume of purchases of up to 4 billion cubic meters. m. Not agreeing with the “Turkmengaz” to reduce prices, “Gazprom” unilaterally from January 2015 went to pay for the break-even price for Europe’s exports. In the spring of the Ministry of Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan stated that “Gazprom” to the beginning of the year did not fully cover the delivery, calling him “an insolvent partner».
In January 2016 “Gazprom” as a result of “a serious violation of the Civil Code” Turkmengaz contract “notified” Turkmengaz “to terminate the contract and the termination of purchases of gas in Turkmenistan. Medvedev then did not disclose the “serious violations”: “If there were no grounds for termination of the contract, the contract could not be dissolved. The reasons on which it was terminated, we will not disclose now. ” The contract was terminated because for five years, “Gazprom” negotiated with “Turkmengaz”, but he never made concessions, “- said RBC source monopoly Tuesday
The representative of” Gazprom “. declined to comment, a representative of the “Turkmengaz” could not be reached.
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