Henichesk consumes gas extracted in Ukraine – Naftogaz
The town of Henichesk in Ukraine's Kherson region consumes gas solely from the Strilkove deposit, located near Arabatska Strilka in Kherson region, national NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy said in a press release on Tuesday.
"Russian gas has not been shipped to Henichesk and is not being shipped now," it said.
Henichesk is not physically connected to other sections of mainland Ukraine's gas transportation system, it said.
"In summer, gas extracted at the Strilkove field is delivered to households in the town. An excess of the gas extracted in summer, which has not been used by residents of Henichesk, is pumped into the Hlibovske underground storage facility, located in temporarily occupied Crimea for storage. In winter, that Ukrainian gas is taken from this underground storage facility and shipped to Henichesk to cover peak consumption levels," Naftogaz said.
The Ukrainian energy company also reported that, starting from January 1, 2016, Crimea's de facto authorities had been blocking the Kherson gas stored in the Hlibovske facility in Crimea for four days.
"These gas volumes are more than enough to meet the town's needs until the end of the heating season," it said.
According to Naftogaz, Henichesk consumed 9.2 million cubic meters of gas in 2014. The Strilkove deposit's maximum gas output capacity is 25 million cubic meters a year. Ukraine's privately owned gas production company Plast has been the field's operator since March 2014.
The website of the Ukrainian Emergency Situations Service's main department in Kherson region reported that at 21:30 local time on January 4, pressure in the Strilkove deposit's gas pipeline started to grow due to the reverse supply of gas.
Personnel of PJSC Khersongaz's Henichesk division used the Internet, the local radio and posters at the entrance of residential buildings to inform households that the gas supply would resume at 07:00 local time on Tuesday, January 5.