The construction period of the pipeline Turkish stream synchronized with the termination of the contract for gas transit through Ukraine. This was stated by Minister of energy of Russia Alexander Novak, Interfax reported.
“In accordance with the intergovernmental agreement on the Black sea, the project implementation period to December 2019. It is fully synchronized with the contract between Gazprom and Naftogaz, which is also valid until the end of 2019”, – he said.
The Russian Minister believes that the volume of gas in gas storages of Ukraine is not enough for the normal passage of winter.
“To date, in our assessment to pass the winter in underground storage facilities of Ukraine not enough gas. Over the summer there was not pumped about half a billion cubic meters of gas. Today for the normal functioning of the Ukrainian partners need to pump this additional volume,” said the Minister.
Novak added that Russia could supply Ukraine with necessary volumes of gas in the presence of cash resources for payment.
“We are ready to provide gas transit (through Ukraine) to European consumers and gas supplies to Ukraine for injection into UGS,” said Novak.
On 10 October, Turkey was visited by President of Russia Vladimir Putin. While Moscow and Ankara signed an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of Turkish stream. Construction will begin in 2018. Two pipelines should be constructed by December 2019.
