Gas transit via Ukraine 14.7% up in Jan-Feb 2019

Gas transit supplies from Russia via Ukraine in February 2019 alone stood at 6.2 bcm.

Transit shipments of natural gas through the Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTS) in January-February 2019 grew by 14.7% year-over-year (y-o-y), to 13.8 billion cubic meters (bcm).

In particular, gas transit supplies from Russia via Ukraine in February 2019 alone stood at 6.2 bcm, which was 3.3% up year-over-year, the state-run gas transport system operator Ukrtransgaz said.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, transit shipments of natural gas through the Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTS) in 2018 declined by 7.1% from 2017, to 89.774 billion cubic meters (bcm).

In 2017, Ukraine transported to European Union member states a total of 93 bcm of gas, which was a record high amount in the past years.