Ukraine gate- kiev 5 April 2021 After the launch of the Turkish gas pipeline known as Stream, gas transportation has shifted to Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria through new gas pipelines, and the amount of gas that passes through Ukraine is less than before. At the moment, gas is transported through Ukraine only to the south, and specifically to Moldova. If Turkish gas continues to be transported through Bulgaria and Serbia, Gazprom will transfer this pipeline and move to Hungary. “For Ukraine, this means an additional loss of between 10 and 12 billion cubic meters of transportation annually. It is extremely important to prevent the completion of the construction of Nord Stream 2,” McCogun wrote. He added that, as of April 1, the entire supply of gas to Romania was provided by Bulgaria via the “Turkish line”. According to Macogon, gas transportation for Ukraine “is not only a big income but also an important component of the country’s energy security.” On January 1, 2020, the gas transportation contract concluded in 2009 between Ukraine’s Naftogaz and Gazprom expired. This gas agreement was signed after talks by the executives Yulia Tymoshenko and Vladimir Putin of the two companies Naftogaz and Gazprom on December 30, 2019, and a new contract was signed to regulate the transport, as well as a transport agreement between Naftogaz and GTS in Ukraine and an agreement between operators between OGTSU and Gazprom. And the contract stipulated the transit of at least 65 billion cubic meters in 2020 of Russian gas.
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