Phasing out deliveries to Ukraine’s pipelines will leave Europe’s dangerously dependent on Russia-Germany pipelines,

Monday, December 31, 2018
Phasing out deliveries to Ukraine’s pipelines will leave Europe’s dangerously dependent on Russia-Germany pipelines,

Phasing out deliveries to Ukraine’s pipelines will leave Europe’s dangerously dependent on Russia-Germany pipelines, Andriy Kobolyev, CEO of Naftogaz, tells Interfax-Ukraine. He notes that in recent years, Ukraine pipelines compensated for Russian delivery gaps caused by accidents or pipeline maintenance. He said Gazprom suffered eight major pipeline accidents in 2018, while there were none in Ukraine. In a warning to the EU, Kobolyev said: “Accident statistics on gas pipelines of Russia and their actions to reduce the gas infrastructure in the Ukrainian direction are eloquent.” Kobolyev says Ukraine derives up to 3% of its GDP from gas transit fees.

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