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No gas payment problems between Russia, Ukraine - spokesman
MOSCOW, January 7 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's natural gas giant Gazprom
confirmed on Thursday that Ukraine's Naftogaz Ukrainy company had fully
paid for December 2009 supplies of Russian natural gas. "Naftogaz Ukrainy
has fully paid for the December gas supplies," the Gazprom information
department told Itar-Tass.
"As of now, there are no payment problems between Ukraine and Russia,"
Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said in an interview with Echo Moscow
radio.
On January 6, the Ukrainian company's press service reported that
Naftogaz timely and in full volume paid to Gazprom for natural gas
imported in December 2009.
The annual gas supply volume "fully meets the terms of the contract of
January 19, 2009," the report says. Naftogaz says that the "volume of
Russian gas transit across the Ukrainian territory to European countries
reached about 96 billion cubic meters over the past year."
Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuri Prodan said earlier that
Ukraine was to transfer to Gazprom 892 million US dollars for natural gas
consumed in December.
Earlier, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and head of Naftogaz Ukrainy Oleg
Dubina reached an accord at Gazprom's central office on postponing the
payment of the bill for the December supplies from January 7 to January
11, due to the New Year holidays.
Under earlier agreements, Ukraine is to pay the gas bill not later
than the 7th day of the month that follows the term of actual supplies.
In November, Miller and Dubina, in accordance with the accords between
the Russian and Ukrainian governments, signed addenda to the contract of
purchase/sale of natural gas dated January 19, 2009. Under the new
provisions, Ukraine is to purchase 33.75 billion cubic meters of gas a
year.
The documents also stipulated that Russia would not fine Ukraine for
failing to consume the designated volume of gas.
On January 19, 2009, Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrainy signed two separate
contracts. One was a contract of purchase/sale of natural gas in the
period from 2009 to 2019 and another concerned the volume and terms of
transit of natural gas through Ukraine from 2009 to 2019.
Under these contracts, Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrainy pledged to
transfer to pricing under European standards.
The parties agreed that Ukraine would enjoy a 20-percent discount
under the European price formula in 2009. Each quarter, the price is
re-calculated, taking into account changes in the price indices for fuel
oil and gasol.
For its part, Ukraine pledged to keep the transit tariff rate at 1.7
dollars per 1,000 cubic meters of gas for every 100 kilometers in 2009.
According to the contract, the take or pay condition applies to 80
percent of the annual volume of gas supplies.
However, due to the financial-economic crisis, Ukraine's gas
consumption decreased dramatically last year. It only purchased just 18.85
billion cubic meters versus 31.7 billion cubic meters of gas stated in the
contract. Russia decided not to resort to underconsumption sanctions
against Kiev.
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confirmed on Thursday that Ukraine's Naftogaz Ukrainy company had fully
paid for December 2009 supplies of Russian natural gas. "Naftogaz Ukrainy
has fully paid for the December gas supplies," the Gazprom information
department told Itar-Tass.
"As of now, there are no payment problems between Ukraine and Russia,"
Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said in an interview with Echo Moscow
radio.
On January 6, the Ukrainian company's press service reported that
Naftogaz timely and in full volume paid to Gazprom for natural gas
imported in December 2009.
The annual gas supply volume "fully meets the terms of the contract of
January 19, 2009," the report says. Naftogaz says that the "volume of
Russian gas transit across the Ukrainian territory to European countries
reached about 96 billion cubic meters over the past year."
Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuri Prodan said earlier that
Ukraine was to transfer to Gazprom 892 million US dollars for natural gas
consumed in December.
Earlier, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and head of Naftogaz Ukrainy Oleg
Dubina reached an accord at Gazprom's central office on postponing the
payment of the bill for the December supplies from January 7 to January
11, due to the New Year holidays.
Under earlier agreements, Ukraine is to pay the gas bill not later
than the 7th day of the month that follows the term of actual supplies.
In November, Miller and Dubina, in accordance with the accords between
the Russian and Ukrainian governments, signed addenda to the contract of
purchase/sale of natural gas dated January 19, 2009. Under the new
provisions, Ukraine is to purchase 33.75 billion cubic meters of gas a
year.
The documents also stipulated that Russia would not fine Ukraine for
failing to consume the designated volume of gas.
On January 19, 2009, Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrainy signed two separate
contracts. One was a contract of purchase/sale of natural gas in the
period from 2009 to 2019 and another concerned the volume and terms of
transit of natural gas through Ukraine from 2009 to 2019.
Under these contracts, Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrainy pledged to
transfer to pricing under European standards.
The parties agreed that Ukraine would enjoy a 20-percent discount
under the European price formula in 2009. Each quarter, the price is
re-calculated, taking into account changes in the price indices for fuel
oil and gasol.
For its part, Ukraine pledged to keep the transit tariff rate at 1.7
dollars per 1,000 cubic meters of gas for every 100 kilometers in 2009.
According to the contract, the take or pay condition applies to 80
percent of the annual volume of gas supplies.
However, due to the financial-economic crisis, Ukraine's gas
consumption decreased dramatically last year. It only purchased just 18.85
billion cubic meters versus 31.7 billion cubic meters of gas stated in the
contract. Russia decided not to resort to underconsumption sanctions
against Kiev.
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