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RUSSIA Vucic said. The Soyuz Vostok gas pipeline will serve
Serbia currently buys gas from Russia as an extension of the Power of Siberia 2 gas
Gazprom says Nord Stream at $270 per 1,000 cubic meters, and the pipeline.
contract expires at the end of 2021.ully
2 AG certification deadline acceptable for our Serbian friends." Ukrtransgaz has joined
unclear

Nord Stream 2 AG, the operator of Russia’s an international hydrogen
Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, production project in
is working closely with the German
regulator on certification of the pipeline, EASTERN EUROPE Western Ukraine
but Gazprom is not ready to disclose its
deadline, Yelena Berezina, a representative Turkey’s energy import bill Ukrtransgaz has joined an international
of Gazprom’s external economic affairs hydrogen production project in Western
department, said on November 29. soars 159% y/y in October Ukraine, having signed a memorandum
“We can only say now that the project with several partners. The news was
company is in close contact with the Federal Turkey's energy import bill increased announced by the company’s CEO, Serhiy
Network Agency/ We are not ready to by 159.3% y/y to $5.42bn in October, Pereloma. The Ukrainian gas storage
disclose the terms,” she said in a conference state-run news service Anadolu Agency operator joined the international hydrogen
call. reported, citing data from the Turkish production project in Ukraine, “H2EU +
On November 16, the Federal Network Statistical Institute (TUIK). Store”. Representatives of RAG Austria, GAS
Agency suspended certification of Nord The significant rise in the country’s CONNECT AUSTRIA, Bayerngas, Bayer,
Stream 2 AG as an independent operator energy bill was due to an increase in global Open Grid Europe, Eustream, Nafta signed
of the pipeline, and promised to continue energy prices, said Anadolu. The fact the MoU. The initiative was supported
certification only if the company’s legal that Turkey is almost entirely reliant on by Naftogaz of Ukraine, the Gas TSO of
form is reorganized. A German unit of the imported oil and gas is a big difficulty for Ukraine (GTSOU) and Eco-Optima on the
operator will have to own and operate the the country given the ongoing collapse of Ukrainian side.
German part of the pipeline and submit all the Turkish lira.
the documents necessary for certification Turkey's overall import expenditure,
anew. including energy and other items, Zelenskiy: issue of Ukrnafta
totalled $22.23bn in October, with energy
accounting for 24.4% of overall imports. unbundling not resolved, no
Putin tells Vucic Russia, increased by 1.76% y/y in October. Turkey money to pay Kolomoisky
The country's crude oil imports
Serbia to agree on good imported 2.89mn tonnes of crude oil last The unbundling of PJSC Ukrnafta has
month, up from 2.84mn tonnes a year ago.
new gas deal not taken place, and currently there are
no funds in the state budget to make
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Feasibility study for Soyuz payments to any company, including those
Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic on of businessman Ihor Kolomoisky, Ukrainian
November 25 that the two states would Vostok gas pipeline to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said.
agree on a new gas contract. "The unbundling of Ukrnafta has not
"I know that some issues are particularly China via Mongolia to be taken place. The unbundling is a way
troubling for you, this is because Serbia’s gas out of a long and difficult situation. But
supply contract is about to end,” he said. completed in December this issue has not been resolved. Kobolev
“I think we will come to an agreement, [former head of Naftogaz] told me about it,
will order our governments to finalize the The feasibility study for the Soyuz Vostok and this is true, and Vitrenko [incumbent
work. Anyway, we will find a solution that gas pipeline that is to across Mongolia, head of Naftogaz] also confirmed this. I
will be fully acceptable for our Serbian linking Russia and China, can be know that today we don't have money in
friends." completed by the early days of December, the state budget to pay anyone, including
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Kolomoisky's companies," Zelenskiy said
Abramchenko told reporters on November during a press conference in Kyiv on
Serbia to buy gas at $270 26. "We are focused now on deliberation of November 26.

per 1,000 cbm for 6 months the feasibility study for this project. Our
colleagues from the Russian Ministry of
Russia and Serbia have agreed on a gas Energy, from Gazprom, from the subsidiary Romania reopens lawsuit
price of U.S. $270 per 1,000 cubic meters for specifically created to deal with this project, against Lukoil
six months, Serbian President Aleksandar will complete consideration by the end
Vucic said after meeting with Russian of the year. We hope it will take place The lawsuit against the management of
President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on slightly earlier, actually in the first days of the Petrotel Lukoil refinery in Romania, as
November 25. December. As soon as we see the feasibility well as against the company that manages
“Serbia will receive gas for the next six study, the cost and other parameters will be the refinery and the parent company,
months at $270 per 1,000 cubic meters,” clear," she said. Lukoil Europe Holdings (Netherlands),

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