Transit booking via Ukraine on Friday grows to 62 mln cubic meters, still through single entry point

MOSCOW. May 13 (Interfax) - The Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) accepted a request from Gazprom for gas transit on Friday in the amount of 60 million cubic meters. The capacity is claimed for only one of two entry points - the Sudzha gas metering station. The application via the Sokhranivka GMS corridor was not accepted.

As of Thursday, May 12, the initial request for entry into the GTSOU was 53.2 million cubic meters - then in the afternoon, it increased to 63.8 million cubic meters.

"Gazprom is supplying Russian gas for transit through Ukraine in the volume confirmed by the Ukrainian side through the Sudzhda GMS - 61.97 million cubic meters as of 13 May. The application for the Sohranivka GMS has been rejected," Gazprom's official spokesperson Sergey Kupriyanov told reporters

As reported, the GTSOU declared a force majeure with respect to transit via the Sohranivka gas metering station, citing its inability to carry out operational and technological control of the Novopskov compressor station. Gazprom believes that there are no grounds for force majeure and no obstacles to continuing operations as before.