Naftogaz gathered to demand from Gazprom 1 billion cubic meters of gas for the winter transit
Naftogaz wants to receive from Gazprom November " gas " about 200 million cubic meters Monthly for technological support its transit to the European Union, the message of Ukrainian organizations. The firm indicates that Ukraine from 1 January 2015 introduces a new procedure for establishing the tariff for gas transit through Ukrainian territory According to the government decree " On improvement of state policy in the sphere of regulation of the natural gas transportation by main pipelines on the territory of Ukraine, reports TASS. Also the document provides interim order establishing rate from 1 November to 31 December 2014. These rates will be calculated in dollars." Thus the customers will pay the tariff points for entry and exit of gas, and separately will compensate for the volume of natural gas for production-technological expenditures gas company ", - stated in the message of Naftogaz. Monthly Gazprom transports in the autumn-winter period through the territory of Ukraine 5-7 billion cubic meters of gas. Based on data from Naftogaz, technological costs of providing gas transportation within the country and transit (about 130 billion cubic meters) is about 3, 5 billion cubic meters. So, for the autumn-winter season (November-April) Ukraine hopes to receive from Gazprom about 1 billion cubic meters for technological needs of the transit. According to the current agreement on the transit of Russian gas via the territory of Ukraine Gazprom will not reimburse technological needs of Naftogaz for gas transit. In the message Naftogaz says that the introduction of a new regulation of transit " will provide an opportunity to strengthen Ukraine's position in the negotiations with Gazprom and lead to contractual relations in transit pumping gas in congruence with the standards of the 3rd energy package of the EU. As said the Deputy head of the national energy security Fund (the national energy security Fund) Alexey Grivas standards and energy package the EU is not obliged Naftogaz to violate contractual obligations on transit pumping gas. The contract, reminds specialist, provides the possibility of changing it only in case of agreement 2 the parties or by arbitration. Truly is " blackmail "when the contract is changed unilaterally considers Grivas. This position Ukraine will only lead to increase risk of failure of gas transit from Russia to the European Union, reminds specialist.