Private energy company ERU Trading has for the first time imported natural gas from the U.S. to Ukraine via Polish LNG (liquified natural gas) terminal and placed it in the underground storage facilities (USFs), according to the company's press service.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says that recent price hikes on the liquified petroleum gas (LPG) market in Ukraine is sabotage and instructed respective ministries, the national anti-trust agency, the State Fiscal Service and other government agencies to propose solutions and change the situation by September 15, according to the Ukrainian government' press service.
Washington has got a new way to counter Russian influence in Europe as it is set to become the world’s third-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 2020.
Lithuania's state-owned gas trader Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas (LDT) said on Monday it had signed a deal to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) directly from the United States for the first time and expects to receive a delivery in the second half of August, according to Reuters.