Norwegian gas goes to Ukraine again - this is a quarter of Ukrainian needs
The Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil resumed natural gas supplies to Ukraine almost a year later.
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This was reported by a source in the Ministry of Energy, LIGA.net reports.
“Deliveries were resumed at the end of July. During this month, Statoil supplied almost 7,5 million cubic meters of gas. In August, Statoil’s supply volume amounted to 10,2 million cubic meters according to preliminary declaration data,” the statement says.
According to the State Fiscal Service, gas was supplied from counterparties from Norway in July at an average price of $200,9/thousand. cube m. All volumes supplied to NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine.
At the same time, Naftogaz does not comment on information regarding European counterparties.
Statoil is the second largest gas supplier to Europe after Gazprom. The Norwegian holding's share in the European gas market in 2015 was about 25%, Gazprom's share was 31%.
Statoil began supplying gas to Ukraine in October 2014 after the opening of the Slovak reverse route. As a result, the company has become one of the largest exporters of fuel to Ukraine. In 2014, the Norwegian holding supplied more than 890 million cubic meters to Ukraine, in 2015 – more than 2 billion cubic meters, according to the State Statistics Service. Since November last year, NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine has stopped purchasing gas from Statoil due to high prices.
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