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Ukraine replace Russian gas ...
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Being a long time the main transit route for Russian natural gas to Europe, Ukraine has now begun to use its extensive pipeline network in the reverse mode, reports Financial Times.
Visiting Budapest on Thursday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov announced that Ukraine this day made a "breakthrough toward energy independence", began to import cheaper supplies of gas from Europe through the interlocked system of pipelines with Hungary, - the author writes Roman Olearchyk.
This will allow Ukraine to reduce this year's Russian gas imports by one-third, the newspaper notes.
Ukrainian officials said the so-called system of reverse gas supplies was made possible by improvements in technology in the gas pipeline network linking the EU, - the author writes.
This technology allows Ukraine to continue to pump Russian natural gas to the West, meant for Europe, while earning European gas - possibly of Russian origin, but cheaper - for consumption in the country, explains Olearchyk.
With the consent of Hungary an additional 5 billion cubic meters of gas will come from the European liberalized market in Ukraine. The approval will allow Ukraine to Slovakia to take a total of 10 billion cubic meters of gas for European, the newspaper notes.
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Being a long time the main transit route for Russian natural gas to Europe, Ukraine has now begun to use its extensive pipeline network in the reverse mode, reports Financial Times.
Visiting Budapest on Thursday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov announced that Ukraine this day made a "breakthrough toward energy independence", began to import cheaper supplies of gas from Europe through the interlocked system of pipelines with Hungary, - the author writes Roman Olearchyk.
This will allow Ukraine to reduce this year's Russian gas imports by one-third, the newspaper notes.
Ukrainian officials said the so-called system of reverse gas supplies was made possible by improvements in technology in the gas pipeline network linking the EU, - the author writes.
This technology allows Ukraine to continue to pump Russian natural gas to the West, meant for Europe, while earning European gas - possibly of Russian origin, but cheaper - for consumption in the country, explains Olearchyk.
With the consent of Hungary an additional 5 billion cubic meters of gas will come from the European liberalized market in Ukraine. The approval will allow Ukraine to Slovakia to take a total of 10 billion cubic meters of gas for European, the newspaper notes.
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