Ukraine confirms its intention to build a pipeline Interconnector

Kiev confirms the intention to build a new pipeline, which will enable Ukraine to get up to 8, 3 billion cubic meters of gas from Poland, the corresponding project construction of the pipeline is published on the Internet representation of the Ukrainian operator GTS organization " Ukrtransgaz ". Before about similar plans told the media.

" The purpose of construction of the gas pipeline Interconnector providing opportunities to increase gas imports to Ukraine from Europe through Poland, as Well as providing the possibility of storing the European gas in underground gas storages of Ukraine ", - said in the report " Ukrtransgas ".

on the Internet organization, it is indicated that the project provides for the amount of gas supply to Ukraine to 8, 3 billion cubic meters per year and the volume of gas in the direction of the Ukraine-Poland - 5 billion cubic meters per year.

in the project two variants of course this trunk pipeline with a length of 100 and 110 kilometers from the gas station " building the house " (Lviv oblast) to " Bilche-Wolica " on the Ukrainian-Polish border. Also considered 3 options diameter of the pipeline (this is according to the annual supply volume: 4, 07 to 8, 33 billion cubic meters in the year for Ukraine). Also fluctuates depending on the parameters of the construction and its cost: from 183 to 244 million. The source of payment is not specified.

The basic mode of operation of the gas pipeline transportation of natural gas from Poland to Ukraine in UGS. It is Also envisaged mode of gas flow in the opposite direction, according to the online representation of Ukrtransgas.

currently, Ukraine receives gas only in reverse from Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, but these deliveries as long as insignificant. In mid-June, Gazprom translated Ukrainian state company Naftogaz of prepayment due to chronic non-payments and huge debt, amounting to 5, $ 3 billion. Now in the Ukrainian gas transport system of the Russian Federation are only transit volumes destined for Europe.


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