KYIV – Ukraine’s state vitality agency Naftogaz mentioned on Friday it had initiated a brand new arbitration continuing in opposition to Russia’s gasoline large Gazprom, saying the Russian agency didn't pay for the rendered service of gasoline transportation via Ukraine.
“We'll make Gazprom pay. Naftogaz can also be evaluating the opportunity of submitting further necessities,” Naftogaz quoted its CEO Yuriy Vitrenko as saying.
Earlier this 12 months, Vitrenko mentioned that Naftogaz may challenge a lawsuit in opposition to Gazprom which decreased volumes of transit gasoline under the contracted volumes.
“Naftogaz calls for that Gazprom pay for the rendered service of organising pure gasoline transportation via the territory of Ukraine. Funds weren't paid by Gazprom, neither on time nor in full,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement.
In Could, Ukraine suspended the move of gasoline via a transit level which it mentioned delivers virtually a 3rd of the gas piped from Russia to Europe via Ukraine, blaming Moscow for the transfer and saying it will transfer the flows elsewhere.
Later, the top of Ukrainian gasoline transmission system GTSOU mentioned Ukraine won't reopen the Sokhranovka gasoline transit route from Russia to Europe till Kyiv obtains full management over its pipeline system.
Ukrainian officers later mentioned that since then Russia, which, in keeping with the 2019 transit deal has to pay for the transit of 109 million cubic meters (mcm) of gasoline per day, payed solely part of the invoice.
Russia in current weeks reduce the quantity of gasoline it ships through Ukraine to round 42 mcm a day.
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