Gazprom, in advance, will not fine Ukraine for gas shortage
Possible penalty from "Gazprom" to "Naftogaz" for arrears of gas contract take-or-pay ( "take or pay" ) for 2015 is largely dependent on the ongoing trials of the parties to the Stockholm arbitration, said the head of Ministry of energy of Russia Alexander Novak.
on the 1st and second quarters of the current year between "Gazprom" and "Naftogaz" have signed the additional agreement to the contract providing for non-use in respect of the supply of take-or-pay rules. For the fourth quarter, according to the agreed on the last working day of the week in Brussels the new winter gas package, is also expected to sign this supplemental agreement. But for the third quarter of this supplemental agreement were signed, while deliveries were zero.
Gazprom sends quarterly to Naftogaz of Ukraine a letter in which he envisages the non-use of this mechanism take or pay. In the present period it is not provided, but in General much is depending on the proceedings, which today are in Stockholm, " said Novak correspondents.
The amount of the fine, exposed "Gazprom" Ukraine by results of 2014 (for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 October 2014, when there came into force the previous winter gas package) were $ 8, 197 billion. As stated at the end of June the head of "Gazprom" Alexey Miller, in the end the total sum of claims to "Naftogaz" because of a shortage of gas on a "take or pay" reached 26, 7 billion.