Russian gas costing Naftogaz $400 per 1,000 m3 in Q3 - minister
KYIV. June 25 (Interfax) - Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy is buying Russian natural gas for $400 per thousand cubic meters this quarter, Ukraine's Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky said at a briefing on Wednesday.
"With regard to pricing under the contract between Naftogaz and Gazprom for the third quarter, it is approximately four hundred dollars [per thousand cubic meters]," he said.
The minister pointed out that the natural gas coming from Europe costs some $30 less per 1,000 cubic meters.
Interfax data indicates that the average price for Russian natural gas charged to Naftogaz Ukrainy was $410-$412 per thousand cubic meters in the second quarter.
Amount and cost of Ukrainian gas imports, per 1,000 m3, cost in $1,000, average price for $/1,000 m3:
| Russia | Europe | Total | |
| -January- | |||
| Volume | 2 447 507.7 | 46 714.6 | 2 494 222.3 |
| Cost | 1 000 132.7 | 18 218.7 | 1 018 351.4 |
| Avg. price | 408.6 | 390.0 | --- |
| -February- | |||
| Volume | 2 203 502.3 | 50 579.2 | 2 254 081.5 |
| Cost | 939 116.2 | 19 725.9 | 958 842.1 |
| Avg. price | 426.2 | 390.0 | --- |
| -March- | |||
| Volume | 2 295 893.0 | 26 166.4 | 2 322 059.4 |
| Cost | 977 133.2 | 10 204.9 | 987 338.1 |
| Avg. price | 425.6 | 390.0 | --- |
| -April- | |||
| Volume | 1 376 655.0 | 127 426.3 | 1 504 081.3 |
| Cost | 591 908.5 | 49 615.1 | 641 523.6 |
| Avg. price | 430.0 | 389.4 | --- |
Data provided by Gosstat.
