Natural gas transit through Ukraine in 2014 decreased in comparison with the year 2013 to 27, 8% to 62, 197 billion cubic meters, informed the Ministry of energy and coal industry of the country.
according to the Ministry, in the past year, the import of gas to Ukraine decreased by 30, 4% to 19, 466 billion cubic meters, reports a news Agency. The Ministry stressed that domestic gas production in 2014, increased by 4, 3% to 20 17 billion cubic meters, while fuel consumption decreased by fifteen, 7% to 42, 465 billion cubic meters compared with the same period a year before. On the last working day of the week the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the country receives from the European Union 67% of its gas from Russia comes only 33%, while maintaining the pace of diversification of sources of supply in the near future Kiev in General may waive gas from Russia. First printed edition of the OPINION reported that gas purchased by Ukraine in the European Union, European only from a formal point of view. In fact this is the same gas from Russia, which traders EU resell Kiev. on January 19, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that in two years the country will be able to do without Russian gas. January 10, Hungary resumed gas supplies to Ukraine, but Poland stopped deliveries to reverse Ukraine for the period from January of this year. Europe actively spends accumulation of gas from its underground storage facilities due to restrictions on supplies of Russian gas and reverse gas supplies to Ukraine. In early January, Ukrtransgaz said that Ukraine in 2014 imported from Europe 59% more suburban gas.


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