Transit shipments of Russian gas via Ukraine to the European Union in January-May 2016 increased by 34% year-over-year (y-o-y), to 31.4 billion cubic meters (bcm), according to Ukrtransgaz, the operator of the country`s gas transportation system.
Transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to the EU in May 2016 alone stood at 6.5 bcm, which is 20.6% up y-o-y, according to the report. The daily volume of gas transported to European consumers was 203 million cubic meters.
”Transit shipments are in line with contractual obligations: in a timely manner and in full volumes,” Ukrtransgaz reported.
As UNIAN reported earlier, transit supplies of Russian gas through Ukraine to the EU in 2014 decreased by 29.1%, to 59.4 bcm as compared to 2013, and they increased by 8% in 2015, to 67.1 bcm as compared to 2014.
Gas transit through Ukraine`s territory to the EU, Moldova and Turkey in the first half of May 2016 increased by 17% y-o-y, to 3.2 bcm.
According to the transit contract concluded between Ukraine and Russia, Russian energy giant Gazprom must transfer at least 110 bcm of natural gas through the Ukrainian pipeline system annually.
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