" Ukrtransgaz " ( " daughter " of " Naftogaz " ) offers European partners to fill in Ukrainian storage underground fifteen billion cubic meters of gas for uninterrupted transit, said Deputy chief engineer of " Ukrtransgaz " Oleg Mikhalevich in the process of energy seminar in Tbilisi.

He specified that the total capacity of UGS " Ukrtransgas " is believed to be 31 billion cubic meters. The necessary amount of storage to meet the needs of clients of Ukraine in the past few years is about fifteen billion cube.

" Ukrtransgas " is open for cooperation in the field of underground storage of gas and ready to conclude relevant contracts with European partners, " said Mikhalevich. He had not said who will pay for this gas.

" There is a real possibility of storage in the underground storage facilities of Ukraine's natural gas to European organizations in the amount up to fifteen billion cubic meters that will greatly reduce the dependence of European customers from current dynamics of deliveries ", - quotes its words in the press-service of " Ukrtransgaz ".

He said that the Ukrainian side offers European countries, the use of underground gas storage facilities in Western Ukraine. Mikhalevich said that joint application of a complex of underground gas storages of Ukraine will give an opportunity to significantly increase the energy security of European countries.

After long and fruitless negotiations " Gazprom " 16 June translated " Naftogaz " for prepayment, and now in the Ukrainian gas transport system are only transit volumes destined for Europe. As long as the transit is carried out in contractual options, however, and Gazprom, and the Commission does not exclude the occurrence of questions in winter, when Ukraine will spend accumulated in their own UGS reserves.

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