Kiev to winter without gas from Russia to accumulate in UGS about 17 billion cubic meters
Kiev has no gas from Russia to accumulate in the underground gas storages before the heating season at about 17 billion cubic meters of blue fuel, told reporters the head of the Ministry of energy of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn.
"we still have two months left before the heating season, we realize that, most likely, to the 20th of October we still have 50 days. From the position of pumping gas, even if At the current rate of 50 million cubic meters per day, is 2. 5 billion cubic meters at least we can upload even At today's pace (without Russian gas). For this reason 2. 5 billion cubic meters to 14, 2 billion cubic meters today is under 17 billion, " said Demchyshyn.
He added that the past heating season Ukraine came up With even smaller values describe IOPS in terms of gas. According to Demchishin, for Ukraine it would be good to save 19 billion cubic meters of gas, which allowed not only to buy gas from Russia during the heating season.
After another unsuccessful tripartite gas talks on 30 June Ukraine has suspended the purchase of gas from Russia to agree on the terms of delivery and currently receives gas only in reverse from Europe. At the same time Ukraine is actively seeking funds for the purchase of gas for injection into underground storage facilities for the coming winter.
the head of "Gazprom" and "Naftogaz" Alexey Miller and Andrey Kobelev on August 21, discussed the current cooperation organizations and the preparation of "Naftogaz" for the autumn-winter period. Before the last month of summer Demchyshyn sure that Kiev in the near future will report on the restoration of Russian gas supplies.