Gas transit through Ukraine decreased by 57% in Jan 2022 - GTSOU

The transit of natural gas through Ukraine's gas transmission system amounted to 1.664 billion cubic meters in January 2022, which was 57% less than in January 2021, Ukrinform reports, referring to the press service of the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU).

"In January 2022, the transit of natural gas through the Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTS) amounted to 1.664 billion cubic meters, which was 57% lower than in the same period of 2021," the report says.

It is noted that the transit of "blue fuel" to Slovakia decreased by 53% to 1.04 billion cubic meters. The share of this direction in total transit was 62.5%.

At the same time, the transit of natural gas to Moldova increased by 1.3% to 398 million cubic meters.

In addition, gas transit to Romania was resumed in the amount of 116 million cubic meters (down 24.6% from January 2021).

Gas transit to Poland decreased by 66% to 110 million cubic meters.

It is noted that in January 2022 compared to January 2021, the average daily volume of Russian gas transportation through the territory of Ukraine decreased by 57% to 53.7 million cubic meters. The GTSOU stressed that this is significantly below the minimum reserved amount under the current gas transit agreement.

As reported, Russia in 2021 transported 41.7 billion cubic meters of gas through Ukraine, using the reserved capacity by 93.8% at the entry points and by 91% at the exit points.

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