Ukraine has begun the withdrawal of gas from underground storage facilities
Ukraine started off gas From underground storages (UGS), follows From the data of Association of European operators UGS GSE. according to the Association, over the previous week supply of gas in storage decreased to 0, 06%, reports TASS. Anyway, reverse gas Supplies to Ukraine From Poland and Slovakia amounted to 20 days of 571 October, 6 million cubic meters, informs Ukrtransgaz. This means that Ukraine is not enough domestic production and European reverse gas to meet domestic demand. For the first two weeks of October, Ukraine used less than 20% reverse gas for injection into storage. Delivery on the Hungarian reverse since the beginning of October was not conducted. In reverse Polish 14 days of October were brought 39, 2 million cubic meters. From Slovakia Naftogaz received 359 million cubic meters. During this period of time in storage facilities of Ukraine was uploaded less than 90 million cubic meters of gas (not less than 20% of the total volume of reverse two weeks of October). Injection of gas into underground storage facilities often ends in mid October. Currently, the Ukrainian store uploaded 16, 7 billion cubic meters of gas At the required minimum of 17 billion cubic meters plus about 5 billion cubic meters of buffer gas. Remember, on Tuesday in Brussels and could not sign a temporary gas contract between Russia and Ukraine. While the EC submitted a proposal to the European Company bought gas for Ukraine and resold it. However, Miller said that Moscow does not consider the emergence of a European intermediary company that would buy gas on the border of Russia and Ukraine. With his own hand Novak said that the introduction of a European intermediary between Gazprom and Naftogaz of Ukraine " will require changes in the transit agreement, opposes Moscow. Also Novak said that the EC together with Ukraine within five working days will determine the source of payment of Kiev for the fresh gas Supply From Russia, as long as the volume is necessary for Ukraine in winter gas and sources of payment remain unclear.