From April to October 2023, GTSOU transported 3.2 bcm of natural gas from the EU and Moldova to Ukraine, which is 4.5 times more than in the same period last year – 716 mcm.
“The main volumes belong to foreign companies and have been received for storage in Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities,” GTS Operator of Ukraine LLC (GTSOU) reported on its website on Friday.
This season, the main source of natural gas supply was the Slovak direction – 1.373 billion cubic meters, or 43% of the total volume. Hungary received 918.2 million cubic meters (29%), Poland – 382.5 million cubic meters (12%), Romania through Moldova – 540.5 million cubic meters (16%).
According to the GTSOU, the southern branch of the Ukrainian GTS, which is part of the Trans-Balkan Corridor, was actively used this year for commercial gas supplies from Romania. Mostly, gas was transported via this route by order of foreign traders for storage in Ukraine.
“We are ready to offer new solutions to our customers, and among them, in particular, we see the Trans-Balkan Corridor. This route is able to unite the markets of Southern and Central Europe, connect LNG terminals in Greece, storage facilities in Ukraine and Central European consumers into one supply chain,” said Dmytro Lippa, CEO of the GTSOU.
As reported, stress testing conducted by the Ukrainian GTS and UGS operators with USAID assistance in August 2023 confirmed the high reliability of the Ukrainian gas infrastructure, including the storage and transportation of gas to foreign customers, even in the face of military risk of damage to key assets.
