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reads without providing any details on the Ukraine says Gazprom cuts management board, said: “KazMunayGas
outcome of the negotiations. has a consistent and balanced approach
Moldova requires approximately 1.3bn supplies via country by to the decarbonisation projects as part of
cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas every its adopted Low-Carbon Development
year, or about 2.9bcm if the separatist 33% from Nov 1 Programme. Cooperation with the world’s
republic of Transnistria is included. leading companies is a priority in studying
In 2020, Gazprom supplied 3.05bcm Russian gas giant Gazprom reduced transit promising projects in this area.”
of natural gas to Moldova (Transnistria through Ukraine by another third from
included), a 5.5% increase compared November 1, to 57 million cubic meters
to 2019 when it supplied 2.89bcm, the per day, which is already almost half of Azerbaijan triples revenues
company noted." the transit capacity paid for by the Russian
company, head of Ukrainian gas transport from methanol exports in
system operator Sergei Makogon said on
Vitol wins auction and Facebook on November 1. September
“The volume of transit from Russia to
delivers natural gas to the E.U. is constantly decreasing... Since Azerbaijan in September exported methanol
worth $15.7mn, according to the October
November 1, transit through Ukraine has
Moldova on October 27 decreased again, now to 57 million cubic issue of the Export Review of the Center
for Analysis of Economic Reforms and
meters per day,” Makogon said.
Swiss-Dutch energy trader Vitol won Since October 1, transit through Ukraine Communication. According to the issue, its
the first auction organised by Moldova’s has dropped to 86 million cubic meters per worth amounted to $10.4mn, or three times
state-owned company Energocom and will day, while Gazprom pays for the transit more than what was earned from methanol
deliver 1mn cubic metres of natural gas on capacity of 109 million cubic meters per exports in the same month of last year.
October 27, after Polish PGNiG delivered day. Methanol is produced at the methanol
the same amount of gas to Moldova on “With such volumes … Gazprom will plant of the State Oil Company of
October 26 under a bilateral agreement. undersupply about 5 billion cubic meters Azerbaijan (Socar) in the Garadagh district
The gas is intended to restore the (of gas) to the EU until the end of May,” of Baku. The plant, commissioned in 2013,
pressure in the country’s gas transport Makogon said. has been operating under the management
system, which plunged after Gazprom of Socar's subsidiary, Socar Methanol LLC,
reduced deliveries to just two-thirds of the since 2016, and in August 2017 became the
amount the country needs as of October 1. property of the company.
The source of the gas was not revealed, CENTRAL ASIA & SOUTH The plant has the capacity to
but Vitol is active in the Russian oil and gas produce 650,000-700,000 tonnes of
market. PGNiG delivered gas to Moldova CAUCASUS methanol per year. Natural gas and
through Ukraine. For the price of "around saline water are used as raw materials in
€1,000" per 1,000 cubic metres, the quantity KazMunayGas and Linde production.
delivered by PGNiG was worth €1mn.
Moldovan Deputy PM Andrei Spinu is sign MoU on production of
meeting Gazprom's CEO Alexey Miller on Tatneft to help upgrade oil
October 27, in St. Petersburg and he expects green and blue hydrogen
clarifications in regard to the continuation production infrastructure in
of gas deliveries after November 1. and ammonia
Energocom received an MDL1.7bn Turkmenistan
(€85mn) capital injection, aimed at helping Kazakh state-run oil and gas producer
the company secure the necessary gas under KazMunayGas and Linde have signed a Turkmen President Gurbanguly
the circumstances of Gazprom threatening memorandum of understanding (MoU) Berdimuhamedov held a meeting with
to cut the gas supplies starting November 1. to explore green hydrogen, blue hydrogen government members and representatives
No Moldovan official has yet and green and blue ammonia production in of Russian oil company Tatneft, AKIpress
confirmed reports in the Ukrainian media line with hopes of accelerating clean energy has reported.
that Naftogaz could deliver 700mn cubic projects in the region. Tatneft presented plans for a project
metres of gas to Moldova if needed. But The MoU outlines how a feasibility study drawn up jointly with Turkmenistan’s
this would be gas purchased from another is to be carried out to evaluate the usage of state-run oil firm. The project includes
European supplier as Ukraine has no natural gas as a feedstock for blue hydrogen a modernisation of industrial and
surplus. Ukraine has lent 16mn cubic and blue ammonia and the usage of water service infrastructure that would allow
metres of natural gas (a tiny fraction electrolysis technologies in creating green Turkmenistan to double oil production in
of 0.08% of its storage capacity) to help hydrogen and green ammonia. the future.
Moldova restore normal pressure in its Following the completion of the The state-run company also plans to sign
pipelines. feasibility study, the partnership is to focus an agreement with Tatneft on repairs for
on developing a green hydrogen and green around 300 wells in order to restart drilling
ammonia production plant in Kazakhstan. operations.
Alik Aidarbayev, chairman of KMG’s

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