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9.0 Industry & Sectors 9.1 Sector news
9.1.1 Oil & gas sector news
Gazprom has booked additional transit capacity via Ukraine for March at a similar volume to its additional booking for February, according to the monthly auction results on the Regional Booking Platform (RBP).
Russia's state-owned gas company has a long-term booking capacity of 40bn cubic meters via Ukraine for 2021 at 109mn cubic meters per day, having booked an additional 14.2mn cubic meters per day at the auction for a total of 123.2mn cubic meters per day.
Gazprom on Monday booked additional transit capacity for April on the RBP, having requested 14.2mn cubic meters per day of the 15mn cubic meters per day offered, which was exactly the same result as the auctions for March and February.
The state-owned gas company in March has been pumping an average of 114.7mn cubic meters per day via Ukraine at a minimum of 101.2mn cubic meters per day and at a maximum of 120.3mn cubic meters per day, which has nearly reached the booked maximum.
Gazprom pumped an average of 124.51mn cubic meters per day via Ukraine in January 2021, and 104mn cubic meters per day in February.
Naftogaz group and Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) have signed an exploration and production MOU. The partners will jointly consider the possibility of putting together experience and resources to implement a number of projects, primarily in Western Ukraine. "Naftogaz and PGNiG will primarily focus on exploring opportunities for joint exploration of greenfield areas in Western Ukraine, bordering Poland. In particular, the partners shall allow for cooperation in Berestyanska area, where Naftogaz signed a production sharing agreement with the government at the end of 2020," the group said in a press release.
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