Reverse gas supplies from Slovakia to Ukraine will start on Tuesday

Alexander Kuranov. Commercial supplies of gas to Ukraine from Slovakia in the reverse mode on the reconstructed pipeline Vojny-Uzhgorod will commence on 2 September, the planned volume of 27 million cubic meters of gas per day, said Last news authorized operator of the gas transportation system of Slovakia - organization Eustream Vahram Coughran.

" The official start of commercial gas supplies to Ukraine in reverse mode by pipeline Vojny-Uzhgorod scheduled for 12 hours 2 September, said Coughran.- According to the plan, With the specified day supply volume shall be at least 27 million cubic meters of gas per day, or about 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year."

according to Ukrainian media, the cost of gas in the reverse supplies from Slovakia - $360 per thousand cubic meters.


Experts Eustream has held for the past three months, a comprehensive review of the technical wealth of Uzhgorod gas pipeline-Vojny built fifteen years ago, but thus and not administered in the use of, and also paved the additional 400-meter pipeline to the Ukrainian border, which has cost the company, according to the Slovak media, 20 million dollars. A large part of the transit capacity of the new pipeline until 2019 bought " Naftogaz ".

From 16 August to 1 September Eustream Together With the operator of the Ukrainian GTS " Ukrtransgaz " conducted inspections in the reverse mode at the compressor station in the border of the Slovak village of velk? hub and the reconstructed pipeline Vojny-Uzhgorod. The test phase consisted of running, check the reliability and the operating bandwidth of the pipeline.

After the start of commercial use of the pipeline in the control mode of delivery of gas for six months will be accompanied by a technical testing and debugging of all system components to the desired settings. On March 1, 2015, the pipeline must operate in the normal mode.


authorized organization Eustream recalled that during the Open Season procedure several European firms have submitted binding bids for pumping gas through this pipe, but to call These firms would not, citing trade secrets and telling only their approximate number is from 5 to 10.

Official authorized organization Slovensky plynarensky priemysel (SPP), which is the recipient and distributor of natural gas from Russia to Slovakia, Peter Bednar said Last news that SPP does not want to do the reverse gas supplies to Ukraine.

for their part, foreign Minister of Slovakia Miroslav Lajcak first noticed that the Slovak party shall ensure the transportation of gas, at the request of Ukraine to assist in the diversification of routes of supply." Our goal is to deliver, and who will provide this gas, and who will pay for - it is literally another operation, " He said.

in may the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia S. Lavrov Century, said that the organization Slovakia reverse gas supplies from Russia, Ukraine does not contradict the Bratislava agreements With Gazprom. He said that on gas supplies to the European Union is the appropriate intergovernmental contracts and agreements, Ministry of foreign Affairs monitors the discussion of the possible reverse gas in this respect. How this came Slovak guide, absolutely does not violate any agreements With Gazprom and the Russian government, " He concluded. According to his statement, then the capital of Russia, no complaints there.


first, Ukraine started to get gas on the reverse supplies from Poland and Hungary. In the last month of summer she received, for example, about 250 million cubic meters of gas: 122 million cubic meters from Poland and 128 million cubic meters of Hungary. These figures are confirmed by data operators of gas transmission systems of Poland and Hungary.

Reverse gas supplies from Poland to Ukraine reach the maximum possible level, while shipments from Hungary instead of the planned 14-16 million cubic meters of gas per day was in the last month of summer, only 4 million cubic meters. In July they were literally at a minimum level due to a decision of the Hungarian authorities to increase their accumulation of fuel in the underground gas storage (UGS).

After the start of reverse gas supplies from Slovakia total amount received in the current mode of the fuel from all three countries will be about 13 billion cubic meters per year. First, Ukraine has purchased from Russia 27 billion cubic meters of gas per year.


After long and fruitless negotiations with Russian Gazprom on June 16, translated " Naftogaz " to advance, and now in the Ukrainian gas transport system are only transit volumes destined for Europe. As long as transit is part of the contract, however, and Gazprom, and the Commission did not rule out any issues in the winter, when Ukraine will spend accumulated in its own storage resources.

As before said the head of Ministry of energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak, it is Possible that September 6, may be held a trilateral meeting of the Russia-Ukraine-EU gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine.


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