Ukrtransgaz expects gas transit shipments in 2016 will hit 80 billion cubic meters / Photo from UNIAN
Andriy Kobolev, CEO of Ukraine's oil and gas giant JSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, assesses the value of Ukraine's gas transport system at US$30 billion.
"We assess it at a figure close to $30 billion," he said on TV.
Kobolev earlier said that the construction of such gas pipelines as the Turkish Stream and Nord Stream 2 – the latter is actively lobbied by Russia's OAO Gazprom – would deprive Ukraine of revenue estimated at about $2 billion per year. This would also reduce the value of the Ukrainian gas transport system by about 80%.
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Russian gas transit shipments to the European Union via Ukraine in 2015 grew by 8% from 2014, to 67.1 billion cubic meter.
The operator of Ukraine's gas transit system, Ukrtransgaz, expects that gas transit shipments in 2016 will hit 80 billion cubic meters.
January through October 2016, gas transit supplies grew by 20%, to 65.3 billion cubic meters.