Poland's PGNiG to double gas exports to Ukraine

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"We had exported 370 million cubic meters of gas since August, 2016. This year ... the export of gas to Ukraine will double against last year," Wozniak said.

Read alsoGazprom says Poland's PGNiG files monopoly complaint to EU – mediaAs UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine in late November 2015, refused to purchase natural gas from Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom. Ukraine imported 11.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas from the EU along in 2016. In particular, 9.1 bcm arrived from Slovakia, 1 bcm from Hungary, and 1 bcm from Poland.

To purchase gas in the European market, Ukraine began to cooperate with several gas producers, such as the Norwegian Statoil or the Polish PGNiG, as well as gas traders, like Trafigura.