"Naftogaz" dramatically reduced the purchase of gas from Russia in the first quarter of 2009.

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  In the second quarter "Naftogaz" to buy up to 10.5 billion cubic meters of gas in the third - to 12 billion cubic meters, while the fourth - to 12.5 billion cubic meters of gas. In total during the year, a Ukrainian company intends to buy 40 billion cubic meters, which is 15 billion less than the amount bought from Moscow to Kiev in 2008. This was due to the industrial slowdown in Ukraine, which is now profitable to buy the old volumes of fuel.
Didenko said that Naftogaz will buy fuel at a price of 360 dollars per 1000 cubic meters in the first quarter, in the second quarter of the price will be set at 270 dollars, in the third - 219 dollars in the fourth - 162 dollars. The representative of "Naftogaz" noted that the average price would be 228.8 dollars per thousand cubic meters.
During the year, the cost of fuel for Naftogaz will gradually decline, as it is tied to oil prices on the world market with a lag of six to nine months.
Ukraine spends on the purchase of Russian gas in the first quarter of 1.8 billion dollars in the second quarter - 3.24 billion dollars in the third - 2.63 billion dollars, while the fourth - $ 2 billion. Thus, Ukraine will buy a total of Gazprom fuel to 9.67 billion dollars, which is less than the level in 2008 (9.87 billion dollars), when Kiev bought gas at a fixed price - 179.5 dollars per thousand cubic meters.
Recall that in the evening on Jan. 19, 2009 "Naftogaz" has signed a contract for delivery and transit of gas from Gazprom. After it was restored fuel EU countries via Ukraine. Didenko alleges that on 19 January in Moscow, was signed on 5 contracts, rather than two, but refused to show, citing commercial confidentiality.
Didenko also noted that the Ukrainian storage facilities is now more than 20 billion cubic meters of gas, RIA News. Of these, about 17 billion cubic meters of gas - reserves "Naftogaz" has 1.5 billion - private gas companies and the balance - the fuel gosrezerva country. This Didenko has not responded to the question of where did he go gas intermediary company RosUkrEnergo, which is 50 percent owned by Gazprom.
Because since 2004, RosUkrEnergo, according to the signed on 19 January in Moscow, the Russian-Ukrainian agreements on the supply and transit of gas, was excluded from the calculation between Gazprom and Naftogaz. " It is believed that in the storage facilities of Ukraine is 11 billion cubic meters of gas RosUkrEnergo.
It should be noted that Ukraine has also purchased from Russia 11 billion cubic meters of gas at the price of technical 153,9 dollar, which is supposedly necessary to maintain the pressure in the Ukrainian pipelines. During that Gazprom had received preferential tariff for transit of gas to the EU. Sources newspaper Vedomosti reported that it is the gas RosUkrEnergo, which was in the underground storage facilities in Ukraine. However, the contract with Gazprom has not been signed.