Gas transit via Ukraine 5.6% up in Jan-April

Gas transit supplies from Russia via Ukraine in April 2019 alone stood at 8.25 bcm.

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Transit shipments of natural gas via the Ukrainian gas transmission system (GTS) in January-April 2019 grew by 5.6% year-over-year (y-o-y), to 29 billion cubic meters (bcm).

In particular, gas transit supplies from Russia via Ukraine in April 2019 alone stood at 8.25 bcm, which was 8.6% 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 in 2018 declined by 7.1% from 2017, to 89.774 bcm.

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

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