Russian gas transiting through Ukraine to reach EU countries: Naftogaz

Regardless of the battle, Russian gasoline remains to be operating by way of Ukraine.

That is a paradox that may solely cease as soon as the EU completely cuts its dependence on Russian power, in accordance to the chief govt of Ukraine’s state power firm Naftogaz, who spoke with Euronews on Monday throughout a go to to Brussels.

The European Union has drastically diminished its gasoline imports from Russia, however some member states from Central and Western Europe nonetheless get it by way of Ukrainian pipelines.

Requested about this, Oleksiy Chernishov, CEO of Naftogaz mentioned that “general we must always restrict any extra revenue for Russia in the course of the course of the battle, however from one other hand, we must always perceive that some European nations can’t instantly refuse utilizing this gasoline.” 

“We welcome the initiative of the European Union to continuously scale back the consumption of Russian gasoline”, he mentioned, including that Ukraine can’t cease the remaining flows as “the client is European Union nations”.

Ukraine additionally needs to cease importing gasoline, and grow to be not solely self-sufficient but in addition a web exporter and power hub for the remainder of Europe, Chernishov mentioned.

“It’s fairly laborious to do it in the course of the instances of battle. There are specific limitations and furthermore, there are particular dangers that we must always take into account, particularly within the damaging of infrastructure” Chernyshov mentioned.

“We’re planning to provide extra gasoline domestically and Naftogaz itself as the largest power firm in Ukraine, will produce a further 1 billion cubic meters of gasoline. And which may result in the scenario when Ukraine can fulfill its personal wants with inside gasoline manufacturing. That’s our fundamental aim” he added.

Requested if he believes it is a practical state of affairs for subsequent winter given the truth that the battle remains to be ongoing he was fairly clear: “We’ve got no different method. We should always produce extra, we must always devour much less, we needs to be extra power environment friendly. And we’re approaching to it.” 

“Ukraine within the regard of its power, can grow to be an power hub for the European Union. We do have the largest storages of gasoline in our nation, which have 31 billion cubic meters of capability, and we plan to make use of it for Ukrainian wants in addition to for European nations”.

The Ukrainian gasoline chief can also be pushing Brussels to utilize Ukraine’s underground gasoline storage amenities and supply additional safety ensures to make sure the corporate can proceed to safe essential investments and the mandatory insurance coverage.