Calculated contract price for gas for Ukraine in Q2 2015 at $348 per 1,000 cu m without discount - Novak
BRUSSELS. March 20 (Interfax) - The calculated contract price for gas shipments from Gazprom to Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy is $348 per 1,000 cubic meters for the second quarter, excluding the discount, Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters.
Novak is meeting with the vice president of the European Commission for energy, Maros Sefcovic, ahead of trilateral talks between Russia, the EU and Ukraine.
He added that March was not yet over and a change in oil prices might affect this number.
In early February, Gazprom's official representative Sergei Kupriyanov said that the contract price of gas for Naftogaz would be $329 per 1,000 cubic meters in the first quarter, including a $100 per 1,000 cubic meter discount. At the same time, he said that the real price for this period would be different due to changes in heating efficiency and other technical factors.