In Moldova, they said that they are pumping Russian gas into UGS facilities of Ukraine for the reserve

The Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Moldova, Andrei Spinu, said that part of the purchased Russian gas remains in Ukraine, since it is pumped into the country’s underground storage facilities (UGS) as a reserve. About this he wrote in your Telegram channel.

“Volumes of gas that”Gazprom“He calls those left in Ukraine, these are our savings and reserves stored in Ukrainian storage facilities,” he wrote. According to Spinu, Moldova has already accumulated more than 200 million cubic meters of gas in storage facilities. However, the infrastructure minister did not specify how much gas was pumped into storage facilities in Ukraine.

Previously “Gazprom» fixed “settlement in Ukraine” of gas intended for delivery to Moldovan consumers under a contract with Moldovagaz. The company’s message emphasized that the volume of gas supplied by Gazprom to the gas measuring station (GIS) Sudzha in the Kursk region for transit to Moldova through the territory of Ukraine “exceeds the physical volume transmitted on the border of Ukraine with Moldova.” The total accumulated volume of “settlement” on the territory of Ukraine is already 52.52 million cubic meters. m. In “Gazprom” said that from November 28, the company will begin to reduce the transit of gas through Ukraine in case of “imbalance in supplies” of fuel to Moldova.

Since October 1, Gazprom has reduced the daily volume of gas supplied to Moldova by 30% to 5.7 million cubic meters. m. The company explained this by technical problems associated with the restriction of transit through Ukraine.

Earlier this month, President of the Republic Maia Sandu statedthat against the backdrop of the energy crisis that Moldova is experiencing, the country may be left without gas and electricity in winter. Sandu said that Gazprom had reduced the volume of gas, and the supply of electricity from Transnistria and Ukraine had ceased. The President of Moldova stressed that, despite the efforts of the authorities aimed at saving energy, “the cost of paying the bills of one family amounted to 70-75% of income.”

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