Gas transit across Ukraine 23.4% up in Jan-Aug

13:38, 01.09.2017 1 min read

Public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz provided for transit of 61.95 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas in January-August 2017, and this was 23.4% more than a year ago. This is the highest figure since 2011.

The company reported on Friday, referring to information from the central dispatch department, imports of natural gas from the EU countries rose by 95.8% in January-August 2017 year-over-year, to 9.4 bcm.

Ukrtransgaz said that 7.1 bcm was imported from Slovakia, 1.5 bcm from Hungary and 0.8 bcm from Poland. Ukraine has not been importing natural gas under the contract with PJSC Gazprom since November 26, 2015, purchasing resources exclusively on its western border.

As reported, Ukraine in 2016 increased transit of natural gas through its gas transportation system by 22.5% compared with 2015, to 82.2 bcm.

Ukrtransgaz, fully owned by Naftogaz Ukrainy, operates a system of trunk gas pipelines and 12 underground gas storage facilities in the country.