From the beginning of the year to December 15, the Russian holding Gazprom transported 40 billion cubic meters of gas through Ukraine. m of Russian gas, which is consistent with the obligations of the transit agreement.
“Today the company has fulfilled its obligations under the transit agreement with Ukraine,” the Gazprom source noted.
An agreement to extend the transit of Russian gas through Ukrainian territory from 2020 to 2024 with the possibility of extending the agreement for another 10 years was reached during negotiations at the end of 2019.
The company has repeatedly noted the possibility of extending the gas transit agreement in case of economic benefit.
On November 30, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, answering a question about negotiations on the possible transit of gas through Ukraine after 2024, noted that for this it is necessary to have end consumers in Europe.
On November 2, during the auction, Gazprom did not book additional transit gas capacity through Ukraine for the 1st – 3rd quarters of 2022.
On the same day, Viktor Khaikov, Chairman of the Commission on Innovative Development of the Public Council under the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, said that the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is planned in the coming months, therefore, it makes no economic sense for Gazprom to book and assume additional transit obligations gas and its payment through Ukraine, especially for long periods.
Source: IZ
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