The operator of the gas transportation system in Slovakia, the Company Eustream, could soon increase reverse gas supplies to Ukraine in comparison with the eleven, 5 billion tons per year, which is scheduled to deliver from 1 January 2015, said Tuesday the official authorized organization Vahram Coughran. " There are technical possibilities For further increasing the supply of gas in the reverse mode to Ukraine through Slovakia, " said Coughran, RIA " Novosti ". According to the messenger of Eustream, it all depends on the Ukrainian side, which is currently working on further improving the systems pumping gas through its territory." As soon as Eustream will receive from the Ukrainian side the confirmation about its preparedness capacity of supply, he will announce the start of the Open Season procedure, which will be registered firms submitting binding bids for pumping large volumes of gas to Ukraine ", - said Coughran. All the action, according to him, is just a few weeks. About how in the future have the opportunity to increase volumes of gas supply to Ukraine, authorized Eustream did not want to tell. The expansion of supply has become possible due to technical improvements made on the Ukrainian side, which, According to Ciugureanu, now continue. At the end of the second decade of November, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that Slovakia guaranteed Ukraine implementation of reverse gas supplies. In October, Ukraine imported gas in reverse from Europe to eleven, 8% less than in September - with 990 million cubic meters to 874 million cubes from European operators GTS - Polish Gaz-System, Hungarian FGSZ and Slovak Eustream. These 3 countries sell gas (essentially Russian) Ukraine. The main volume comes from Slovakia.
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