Through August, the volume of Russian gas passing through Ukraine’s pipelines to the EU was up 2.3% to 60 billion cubic meters. For all of last year, 87 billion cubic meters passed through the lines. Gazprom says that after the inauguration in December of TurkStream and the opening next year of NordStream 2, Russia will no longer need Ukraine’s pipelines. These two pipelines have a combined capacity of 86.5 bcm.
Through August, the volume of Russian gas passing through Ukraine’s pipelines to the EU was up 2.3% to 60 billion cubic meters.
