According to Energy Minister German Galushchenko, Ukraine will be able to supply an additional 7 billion cubic meters of gas from Romania to Central European countries through its territory.
Gas transportation system operators in seven European countries, including Ukraine, have agreed to cooperate on the creation of the South-North gas corridor, or Vertical Corridor. According to the press service of the Ministry of Energy, the cooperation memorandum was signed on January 19.
As stated in the Ukrainian department, the implementation of the project will allow the Ukrainian GTS Operator to supply additional quantities of “blue fuel”, according to preliminary estimates.
Energy Minister German Galushchenko said, “We are talking about over 7 billion cubic meters of gas from Romania to Central European countries via Ukraine.”
Gas corridor “South-North”
The idea of the project is to connect Greek LNG terminals to Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities via the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline passing through Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey. Until 2019, the gas pipeline was used to supply Russian gas to the Balkans
Thus, Ukraine will be able to store 10-15 billion cubic meters of natural gas. And using existing pipelines from Ukraine, it will be possible to transport gas to Slovakia, Hungary or Poland without fear of capacity restrictions.
The Ukrainian gas transportation system operator, together with the Moldovan operator and national regulators, is working to create conditions for the use of additional capacity of the Trans-Balkan corridor with a volume of 6 million cubic meters. Already in 2024, m per day.
“By joining the Vertical Corridor, we have taken another step towards realizing our plan to become the gas hub of Europe and an integral part of the energy map of the continent,” the Minister of Energy emphasized.
Let us recall that in May 2023 it became known that GTS Operator of Ukraine LLC (OGTSU) and Polish gas transmission system (GTS) operator Gaz System will build a new gas pipeline and gas metering station. This project is expected to increase gas transportation capacity from Poland to 8.7 million cubic meters. metre.
Additionally, according to Naftogaz, in Ukraine in 2023,More than 1 billion cubic meters of gas produced.
Source: Focus
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