Ukraine cuts gas consumption for 10 months almost 18%

In the period from January to October 2014 Ukraine cuts gas consumption by 17, 7% (6 billion 876, 9 million cubic meters) compared with the same period of 2013 ? up to 31 billion 993, 1 million cubic meters, said the Ministry of energy of the country.
according to the Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine, in October, the decrease in gas consumption was 27, 4% (1 billion 130, 3 million cubic meters) compared with the same month last year - up to 2 billion 995, 5 million cubic meters, according to news Agency ". Gas imports into the country for 10 months decreased by 27, 2% (6 billion 345, 5 million cubic meters) in comparison with January-October 2013 to 17 billion 4, 6 million cubic meters. First Wednesday in " Naftogaz of Ukraine " told that the amount of pre-paid Gazprom gas is about 1 billion cubic meter with unused amounts in the beginning of winter and unchecked the price of gas from Russia in January 2015. Later the Commissioner of Gazprom said that the Russian gas Company received from the NJSC " Naftogaz of Ukraine " in the form of an advance payment for gas supplies in January of 150 million dollars. On Tuesday, the head of the national Bank of Ukraine Valeriya was stated that the country until the end of the year will not make an advance payment of the January supply 1 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia. Last week it was announced that Gazprom received from Naftogaz 1, $ 65 billion debt for gas. Before it was also noted that Ukraine still need about 3 billion cubic meters of gas for the normal passage of winter. While Kyiv plans before the end of 2014 buy 1 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia. In October the results of the trilateral talks in Brussels, Russia, the EU and Ukraine signed the final agreement on gas supply and transit until March 2015. A legally recorded consensus, the cost of gas for Ukraine will be 378 dollars for 1 thousand Cubic meters until the end of 2014 and 385 USD per 1 thousand Cubic meters until March 2015.


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