Naftogaz of Ukraine: Kiev wants legislative act to establish the share of purchases of gas in the European Union
Ukraine can legislatively establish the share of purchases of gas in the European Union, said the head of the NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine " Andrey Kobelev in an interview to the newspaper.
" We currently intend to amend the legislation on gas trading, which will oblige " Naftogaz " And any other trader at the Ukrainian market to purchase some of the gas in the European Union. We will make it mandatory. And the issue price discrimination will not stand. That is, if you come Gazprom And offer cheaper, we eventually legally a certain percentage should be purchased in the European Union, albeit more expensive, " said Koblev.
Ukraine currently receives gas on physical reverse from Poland And Hungary. At the end of July was announced: the volume of deliveries decreased due to the fact that Hungary has increased the pumping of gas into its underground storage facilities. Kyiv also hopes in the near future to launch a so-called virtual reverse, which involves buying gas at European counterpart, and then selecting the same volume of Russian natural gas from transit destined for the relevant counterparties in the EU.
Ukraine to winter ought to accumulate in their own underground storage 18-20 billion cubic meters of gas, without Russian fuel is impossible. However, Gazprom stopped supplying gas to Ukraine because of its multi-billion debts.