UKRAINE : Naftogaz, Uzbekneftegaz to discuss boosting Uzbek gas supplies

Delegates from the Ukrainian national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy are to leave for Tashkent before March 10 to meet with top management from Uzbek national holding company Uzbekneftegaz to discuss opportunities to boost Uzbek gas supplies to Ukraine, Ukrainian First Deputy Fuel and Energy Minister Vadym Chuprun
told journalists in Kyiv on Friday.

He said that the deputy chairmen of the Naftogaz Ukrainy and Uzbekneftegaz boards held a meeting during a recent visit to Kyiv by Uzbek Premier Shavkat Mirziyayev. According to Chuprun, the Uzbek side said that up to 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas might be supplied to Ukraine every year if free transit capacities are available.

As reported earlier, the Ukrainian-Uzbek intergovernmental commission for cooperation met in Kyiv on February 19. Following the meeting, Ukrainian Premier Viktor Yanukovych said that Ukraine intends to reach an agreement with Uzbekistan to increase imports of Uzbek gas, which currently amount to about 2 bcm. Uzbek natural gas is supplied to Ukraine by RosUkrEnergo, which buys it from Gazprom Export. Interfax.com

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