Ukraine reduces gas imports by 20% in Jan-Feb

According to the company report, over the said period gas was imported exclusively from Europe.

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Ukraine in January-February 2019 reduced imports of natural gas by 20% year-on-year, to 913.986 million cubic meters, that's according to the gas transmission system operator, the state-run Ukrtransgaz.

According to the company report, over the said period gas was imported exclusively from Europe.

Ukrtransgaz says in January-February 2019, some 619.4 million cubic meters was imported through the Slovak gas transmission corridor, as well as 132 mcm and 162 mcm from Poland and Hungary, respectively.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, in 2018, compared with 2017, Ukraine reduced gas import by 24.6%, or by 3.46 billion cubic meters, to 10.59 bcm.

At the end of November 2015, Ukraine stopped buying natural gas from the Russian Gazprom. In general, in 2015, the country doubled the imports of natural gas from Europe y-o-y to 10.3 billion cubic meters, while reducing by 56.5% the purchase of hydrocarbons from Russia.

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