Russia increased its gas shipments across Ukraine by 3% last year, to almost 90 billion cubic meters

Russia increased its gas shipments across Ukraine by 3% last year, to almost 90 billion cubic meters, according to Ukrtransgaz. With Russia using Ukraine’s pipelines to ship 45% of its gas to Europe in 2019, Russia sent 89.6 bcm to the EU and Moldova. Under the new gas transit contract, Gazprom commits to shipping a minimum of 65 bcm this year. Taking into account the delay in completing Nord Stream 2 and next week’s inauguration of TurkStream, Naftogaz estimates it will handle 75 bcm of Russian gas shipments this year. In 2018, Ukraine shipped 86.8 bcm, 7% less than in 2017.