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Energy Perspectives for Europe: the

Ukrainian potential

European Union, creating truction of compressor sta-
the missing "stable and tions by 2015. 2030 is the
precisely guided counter- deadline for modernisation
part" for the European and technical re-equipment
energy bridge. of Ukrainian NGPS using
the most sophisticated and
Looking forward to the effective gas transporting
implementation of the pro- technologies.
ject of the Odessa-Brody-
Gdansk pipeline carrying It is already planned to
hydrocarbons through increase Ukrainian NGPS
Ukraine to Europe of 27 transit capacity by 30-35
Member-States there is a mlrd. m3 per year upgra-
good occasion to give a ding Torzhok-Dolyna pipe-
Sooner or later - the first is The same work towards
glance at Ukrainian poten- line and due to construc-
more probable - energy Europe is being done by
tial for the European ener- tion of the second brunch
perspective for Europe will the Energy Summits - the
gy bridge and its energy of the Ananiv-Ismail pipe-
bring together the regions summits on energy securi-
diversification. line toward the town of
of Black Sea, Caspian Sea, ty in the regions of the
Geographical situation of Uzhgorod.
Moreover,
and Baltic Sea in an Caspian Sea, the Black Sea
Ukraine enables diversi- reconstruction of the
attempt for closer coopera- and the Baltic Sea. The IV
fied oil supply by indepen- Solokhivsky, Proletarsky
tion. It is essential to face Baku Energy Summit will
dent oil pipelines from and Bilche-Volynsky-
the main energy security take place on 14 November
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Ugersky UGR can raise
challenges at earliest 2008 in Baku, Azerbaijan,
Turkmenistan, Far and their effectiveness up to 6
convenience as it is being and is to be attended by the
Middle East countries, milliards of cubic metres
done by the UN European Presidents of Georgia,
making Ukraine an impor- per year.
Lithuania,
Commission for Europe in Estonia,
tant and growing transpor-
Geneva, Romania, Turkey, Poland
the
EU
ter for oil-extracting During 40 years Ukrainian
Commission in Brussels, and Ukraine.
Caspian region, delivering pipelines ensure the effec-
National Governments of
oil to the most exigent tive transport of oil to
the European Union of 27 The President of Ukraine
markets in Europe. Ukrainian refineries and
and so on. Europe, with its Victor Youshchenko has
Ukrainian natural gas pipe- transit deliveries to the
unveiled hydrocarbon already confirmed his par-
line system (NGPS) is 37 Eastern and Central
energy sources, keeps ticipation in the IV Baku
600 km length and consists Europe. Oil pipeline sys-
being highly sensitive to Energy Summit. Earlier
of 73 compressor stations tem (OP S) of Ukraine,
resource competitions that the President Yushchenko
(110 compressor works- being exploited by the
have emerged since the said at the III Kyiv Energy
hops), 1670 gas distribu- OJSC "Ukrtransnafta",
collapse of the USSR in Summit press-conference
ting terminals, 13 under- consists of 18 backbone oil
1991 and requires stable that the next Baku Summit
ground gas repositories pipelines of 4569,4 km
energy supplying. This is was planned to focus on
(UGR) containing over 32 length. Yearly carrying
the first, let it be called the report of the Inter-State
mlrd. m3 of active natural capacity is 114 mln t on
"European" part of the working group which has
gas and relevant infrastruc- entry and 56,3 mln t on
Euro-Asian "energy brid- been established in May
ture units. Ukrainian exit.
ge', searching for its 2008 in Kiev. The Group
NGPS is capable to hold
connection with some was encouraged to make
up to 290 mlrd. m3 and Tank farm capacity is
East-European and Asian recommendations on pre-
transfer 175 mlrd. m3 of about 1 million cubic met-
counterparts and "go-bet- paration and further imple-
natural gas, including 140 res. It is comprised of the
ween" section - transpor- mentation of mutually
mlrd. m3 for the needs of two main oil pipeline sys-
ting countries - in the beneficial mechanisms and
the countries of Western tems in Ukraine: Druzhba
context of the future principles of the "Caspian-
and Central Europe. Main Oil Pipeline and
Common European Energy Black-Baltic Seas" energy
Ukraine keeps updating its Prydniprovski Main Oil
Policy. transit zone in accordance
NGPS following the pro- Pipeline. Ukrtransnafta
with the national legisla-
gramme of overall recons- also manages the new
tions and legislation of the
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