Vladimir Dobrovolsky. Ukrainian Naftogaz can buy from Gazprom to 5 billion cubic meters of gas in the winter, depending on weather and use in the country of methods of energy efficiency, said the head of the organization Andrey Kobelev.

" I would have said that the amount of gas that we buy from Gazprom, has the capability to be from zero to five billion cubic meters, not more, that's for sure, " said Korolev correspondents in Brussels, answering the question, how much gas Ukraine wants to buy from Gazprom and the EU in the winter.

according to him, the volume of purchased gas " will be depending on the weather. " " according to the calculations it has the ability to be zero, if the weather is warm and Ukraine will be used to measure energy efficiency and economy ", - said the head of " Naftogaz ".

He said that " the biggest consumer of gas in Ukraine - population, households consume gas directly or through the Central heating system ". According to him, this group of buyers presumably consumes 25 billion cubic meters of gas per year, respectively, with the decline in consumption of 20% will need to import 5 billion cubic meters of gas less.

Winter plan provides for the purchase of Ukraine Gazprom has the benefit of gas needed for the normal passage of winter and transit in the European Union. As of the end of October, a Russian holding company has identified the lack of reserves of gas in Ukrainian underground storage facilities in 7-9 billion cubic meters.

before Tuesday, the head of the Ministry of energy of Russia Yuriy Prodan said that Ukraine is still going until the end of the year to buy from the Russian Federation up to 1.5 billion cubic meters. He added that the procurement will begin with the onset of cold weather. As long as this is not necessary. In the coming year preliminary expected to buy about 1 billion cubic meters.

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