KIEV: Ukraine on Thursday increased the daily application for imports of natural gas from Slovakia – from 12.9 million to 18.2 million cubic meters, according to data from the Slovakian gas operator Eustream.
In June and on July 1 through July 14 imports of gas from Slovakia amounted to around 500,000 cubic meters, on July 15 – 2.1 million cubic meters, on July 16 and July 17 – 8.8 million cubic meters, on July 18 – 7.8 million cubic meters, on July 19 – 11.8 million cubic meters, and on July 20 – 12.9 million cubic meters
Naftogaz Ukraine has bought up most of the outbound transport capacity on the Vojany-Uzhgorod gas pipeline from Eustream until 2019 for supplies of natural gas along the route from the European gas market to Ukraine. Ukraine can import around 40 million cubic meters of gas from Slovakia to Ukraine.
