Thursday, January 22, 2009

European countries have announced changes to combat gas crisis.

SyuzhetyVozobnovlenie transit of gas through Ukrainu21.01.2009Ukraina proposed a new bid for the transit of gas in 2010 goduStrany the EU after the completion of Russian-Ukrainian gas conflict, promised to take urgent measures to prevent recurrence of such crises. That was reported by AFP.
In particular, in Poland, noted that the plan to build one or two nuclear power plants by 2020. Currently, Poland does not have nuclear power plant, which makes the country even more dependent on gas supplies.
Moreover, in Poland in the near future to build a new port to receive liquefied natural gas tankers. This will allow Poland to buy fuel in Kuwait and Qatar. And in Croatia are planning to build two gas storage facilities in addition to the existing one.
At the same time, German Economics Minister Michael Glos (Michael Glos) said that the situation with gas deliveries to Europe through Ukraine showed that it was impossible to refuse of any kind of energy.
In turn, Romania believes that EU countries should develop a common position on energy security. In particular, the country drew attention to the project Nabucco - the pipeline, which runs from the Caspian countries to Europe, bypassing Russia.
In Slovakia, previously calculated that the local industry lost during the gas crisis by hundreds of millions of euros every day. In this regard, Slovakia welcomed the idea of a possible lawsuit against the Ukraine and Russia from the European Union.
Recall that Russia's Gazprom refused to supply gas to Europe through Ukraine on January 7, accusing Kiev that he steals fuel. Deliveries were resumed only on 20 January after the official agreement between Naftogaz Ukrainy and Gazprom. Thus, many European countries have had two weeks to live without Russian gas.

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