The volume of Russian gas transported through Ukraine has halved
The gas transportation operator of Ukraine expects a sharp drop in the transit volumes of Russian gas on January 4. In fact, no more than 50.5 million cubic meters will go to Europe through Ukraine.
The head of the company “Operator of the gas transportation system of Ukraine” Serhiy Makogon wrote about this on his Facebook page. He cited the pipeline loading schedule and indicated that as of January 3, the transit volume amounted to 52.5 million cubic meters. m. while 109.6 million cubic meters were booked. m per day.
The level, which is expected on January 4, Makogon called “the lowest since January 2020”. At the same time, according to him, the Russian side does not inform about the reasons for the decrease in transit volumes. In addition, Gazprom did not begin to book additional capacities for January in addition to those already ordered.
It is already known that the volume of Russian gas pumped through Ukraine in 2021 fell by 30% compared to 2020. And by 45% compared to 2019. Makogon estimates the volume of gas supplies through Ukraine last year at 145 billion cubic meters. This is at least the last 6 years, the businessman said.
At the end of December, the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, announced that the contractual obligations for transit through Ukraine had been fully fulfilled. The planned volume was 40 billion cubic meters.
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