Ukraine consumes 5.6% less gas in Jan 2012
KYIV. Feb 28 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukraine consumed 5.6% less gas in January 2012 at 461.4 million cubic meters, compared to 7.77 billion in January 2010, the Ukrainian Energy and Coal Ministry told Interfax.
Gas imports dropped 58.3% (by 3.48 billion cubic meters) in January to 2.52 billion cubic meters, the ministry said.
Imports were down because Naftogaz Ukrainy purchased large volumes of gas in January 2011 to implement a ruling from Stockholm Arbitration Court to return 12.1 billion cubic meters of gas to Swedish company RosUkrEnergo.
Oil imports dropped 20.8% in January 2012 (by 102,200 tonnes) to 389,400 tonnes.
Consumption of petroleum products edged up 0.2% (1,500 tonnes) to 700,400 tonnes. Consumption dropped 3.6% for gasoline to 295,600 tonnes and 28.9% for fuel oil to 56,400 tonnes, while diesel fuel consumption climbed 11.3% to 348,400 tonnes.
There was a 1.5% (71,800 tonnes) increase in coal consumption to 4.78 million tonnes.
Ukraine produced 0.7% more gas in January 2012 at 1.74 billion cubic meters, including a 1.1% rise in natural gas to 1.69 billion cubic meters.
Transit of natural gas through Ukraine to other CIS countries and Europe dropped 11.9% year-on-year to 9.21 billion cubic meters. Transit of gas to Western Europe was down 12.2% to 8.82 billion cubic meters and transit to CIS countries fell 5.2% to 385.71 million cubic meters.
Ukraine consumed 57.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2010, 51.9 billion in 2009, 66.3 billion in 2008, 69.9 billion in 2007, 73.9 billion in 2006 and 76.4 billion in 2005.