Slovak SPP still gets 20% less gas from Russia through Ukraine
Alexander Kuranov. Slovak recipient and distributor of natural gas from Russia, the Company Slovensky plynarensky priemysel (SPP), said Tuesday about the shortfall of gas from Russia through Ukraine in the amount of about 20%.
" Firm SPP recorded on Tuesday, September 23, the reduction of gas supplies from Russia at around 20%, " said Fins news official authorized organization Peter Bednar. According to him, last Sunday shortage of gas amounted to about 10%, and in the previous six days and yesterday she was at the level of 20-25%.
at the same time, SPP is still assures its customers in the Republic that they all get the fuel in full. According to Bednar, storage, underground gas organization filled Almost 100%. In them uploaded about 1, 5 billion cubic meters of gas. According to him, the number of fuel sufficient to cover the consumption of approximately five months.
last week the Minister of industry of the Republic Pavol Pavlis said that the Slovak party has received explanations from " Gazprom " - the failure of applications for the production and delivery of gas is of a technical nature.
The head of " Gazprom " Alexey Miller said that the statements of European clients about non-delivery of gas relate only to additional volumes, and the contractual obligations of Gazprom fully complied with. Requests in excess of contractual amounts of " Gazprom " to satisfy shouldn't.
Miller added that the Firm at the beginning of the cold winter actively pumping gas in the Russian UGS. After filling in Russian stores Gazprom will be able to meet the additional demand of European customers, he said.