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period in 2020. The transit of diesel fuel for ten months decreased by 51% - to 28.2 thousand tons, of which 17.8 thousand tons - from Belarus to Moldova, 8.7 thousand tons - from Lithuania to Moldova, and 1.5 thousand tons - from Russia to Poland. On the other hand, gasoline transportation to Moldova increased by 48% to 8.4 thousand tons, while in March 2021, transit through the territory of Ukraine was not carried out.
UAH1.9bn to be invested in Ukraine's oil and gas industry, announced the Prime Minister, Denys Shmygal, on Facebook. According to preliminary estimates, UAH1.9bn ($72.2mn) will be invested in the oil and gas industry under two agreements that were signed for the distribution of products in the Grunivska and Okhtyrska hydrocarbon fields.
Russia is cutting its shipments of liquefied gas to Ukraine to 30% of October levels, Gerus also said by Telegram. Last month, Russia accounted for 35% of Ukraine’s imports of $97 million worth of liquefied gas – propane and butane. On Monday, Russia’s Gazprom cut the volume of natural gas sent across Ukraine to the EU to about half the contracted level, Two weeks ago, Russia’s Inter RAO canceled an electricity auction, in which Ukrainian companies were planning to take part.
“Ukraine faces energy crisis as Putin weaponizes gas and coal supplies,” headlines an analysis posted yesterday by the Atlantic Council and written by Aura Sabadus, regional energy journalist for Independent Commodity Intelligence Services. Noting that coal amounts to 40% of Ukraine’s installed electricity generating capacity, she writes that in 2018, 70% of Ukraine’s coal imports came from Russia. “Any potential electricity supply deficit caused by depleted coal stocks and malfunctioning generators could cause blackouts at a time when there is also a significant risk that Ukraine may be deprived of access to natural gas, mostly used for heating,” she writes. The coal and gas squeeze are “part of the Kremlin’s efforts to claw Ukraine back into its sphere of influence.”
A cold November and European withdrawals have reduced gas reserves in Ukraine’s underground storage reservoirs to 16.4 billion cubic meters – 39% below the level at this time last year, reports Ukraine’s pipeline operator. Much of the drawdown has been by European traders seeking to cover positions in the EU without having to buy gas at today’s high prices, generally above $1,000 per 1,000 cubic meter. Overall, Ukraine’s reservoir network, the largest in Eastern Europe, is 53% full. Despite the lack of coal forcing power plants to switch to gas, Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko says there is enough gas to get Ukraine through the winter.
Ukraine reduced gas imports by 77% in October reported GTSOU. In comparison, in September 2021, gas imports to Ukraine decreased by 77%, or 510mn cubic meters in October. After the physical gas transit to Hungary was halted, imports from this country to Ukraine decreased 16 times. In October, 37mn cubic meters of gas was imported from Hungary. The largest amount of gas imports came from Slovakia, whose share of total imports amounted to almost 75% (115.9mn cubic meters). Imports from Poland dropped to 1.8mn cubic meters.
Germany wants Russian gas to flow across Ukraine at least until 2030,
Germany’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Anka Feldhusen told Interfax-Ukraine in
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