Ukraine increases gas imports

"A total of 162 million cubic meters have been imported since the beginning of February, and 218 [million] cubic meters since the beginning of the year. Gas exports/re-exports total 2-2.5 million cubic meters per day," Makogon wrote.

According to him, Ukraine’s gas imports have grown since the beginning of February - currently the daily volume amounts to 13.5-14 million cubic meters. At the same time, most of gas imports come from Hungary - an average of 5.5 million cubic meters per day. Gas imports from Slovakia total about 5 million cubic meters per day. Other gas imports come to Ukraine via virtual reverse flows from Poland.

"Due to unusually warm weather and high gas prices, which led to a reduction in gas consumption by industrial consumers, gas consumption in Ukraine decreased significantly. Last year, on February 11, daily consumption totaled almost 152 million cubic meters, this year - 106 million cubic meters,” Makogon added.

As reported, in January 2022 compared to January 2021, Ukraine’s gas imports decreased by 90% to 44.8 million cubic meters. Ukraine’s gas imports amounted to 2.6 billion cubic meters in 2021, which is six times less than in 2020.

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