GTS operators of Ukraine and Hungary have signed an agreement on guaranteed capacities for daily transportation of up to 8 million cubic meters. meters of gas from Hungary to Ukraine. This was announced on December 22 by the head of the “Operator of GTS of Ukraine” Serhiy Makogon.
“The Ukrainian gas transmission system operator and the Hungarian gas transmission system operator FGSZ have entered into an agreement on cooperation on the introduction from January 1, 2022 of guaranteed capacities for the transportation of natural gas in the direction of Hungary-Ukraine. For me personally, the most important thing in this agreement is the creation for domestic traders of the possibility of access to gas from the LNG terminal on the island of Krk (Croatia) and, accordingly, the diversification of sources of gas supplies to Ukraine, “he wrote on Facebook.
Makogon noted that the agreement will provide an opportunity to increase the total import capacity up to 35 million cubic meters. m per day.
The deal is concluded for a test three months. During this time, the Ukrainian and Hungarian parties plan to “coordinate and adjust all technical and operational processes in order to continue its operation from April 2022 and further increase the guaranteed capacity in this area.”
Earlier on the same day, Naftogaz Ukrainy filed a complaint with the European Commission, in which it asked to oblige the Russian Gazprom to put up for sale via an electronic platform significant volumes of gas for delivery on the Ukrainian-Russian border.
According to Yuri Vitrenko, head of the board of Naftogaz, Gazprom’s actions are anti-competitive and entail significant negative consequences for all European consumers.
On December 14, it was reported that gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities dropped below the level of the beginning of its injection this year. According to the information provided by the Ukrainian GTS Operator, 74.56 million cubic meters were withdrawn from the Ukrainian UGS facility per day. m of gas. At the same time, the total level of reserves in storage facilities dropped to 15.258 billion cubic meters. m.
At the same time, on December 13, Vitrenko said that the storage facilities had “normal volume of gas” and “there should be no problems with the passage of winter.” At the same time, he noted that a difficult situation with coal has developed in the country, but the company can insure power generating enterprises.
In November, the head of the Union of Consumers of Utilities of Ukraine, Oleg Popenko, said that the difficult energy situation in the country would lead to a collapse of the economy. He assured that not a single Ukrainian enterprise will withstand the increase in tariffs, because the economy is based on cheap electricity.
Source: IZ
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