Russian Gas Transit to Europe through Ukraine Down 8%


(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) ev May 08 - The transit of Russia's natural gas across the territory of Ukraine to Western Europe was down 7.64% in January-April 2014 against the same period of 2013 to 23.284 billion cubic meters the press-service of the Ukrainian pipeline system operator company Ukrtransgaz said.

Gas transit to the CIS countries in the same period was up by 15.64% to 1.121 billion cubic meters according to Russia's (Itar-Tass) News Agency.

The overall transit of gas through Ukraine in the first four months of this year was 24.405 billion cubic meters which is 6.78% less than in the same period of 2013.

Ukrtransgaz said Ukraine in April received 2.6 billion cubic meters of gas 77% about (1.2 billion cubic meters) more than in April 2013.


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