Ukraine during the heating season plans to buy about 6 billion cubic meters of gas, said the head of " Naftogaz " Andrey Kobelev.

" Until the end (heating - edit) season we plan to buy another 6 billion cubic metres (reverse gas from Europe - edited), " said Korolev Tuesday in broadcast television channel ".

He said that now in storage facilities of Ukraine is 16 billion cubic meters of gas. It is not enough for comfortable during the heating season." It would be convenient to begin October, if the stores would be 20 (billion cubic meters - ed) But this is unrealistic, because the monthly cross only 1 billion, " said Korolev.

He believes that the reverse from Europe will help Ukraine to pass the winter. Korolev also considers it possible opportunity to buy more gas from Gazprom, if reverse from Europe are not enough. Ukraine currently receives gas only in reverse from Europe. Deliveries from Russia ended with June 16 because of the billions of dollars of debt Kiev.

After the start of delivery 2 September by pipeline Vojny-Uzhgorod total volume of gas received by Ukraine on the reverse of Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, can be 12-13 billion cubic meters per year. Then Ukraine hopes to launch the " great reversal " of gas through Slovakia Up to 30 billion cubic meters per year.

according to the information of the operator of the Slovak transmission system Eustream, Ukraine for two weeks from the start of commercial shipments of gas in the reverse mode from Slovakia received 358 million cubic meters of gas.

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