SyuzhetyTseny gas to the CIS in 2009 godu24.12.2008Lukashenko predicted a threefold drop in the price of gazSrednyaya the price of imported gas to Belarus in 2009, to assess the Belarusian government, will be about 148 dollars per thousand cubic meters. The statement was made by Vice-Premier of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov, RIA News.
Kobyakov explained that such a forecast is given, taking into account the average cost of oil in 2009 at the level of 50 dollars per barrel. But he refused to voice the price of gas for Belarus in the first quarter in 2009.
The price of gas for Belarus, which the country buys from Russia, is determined by the market formula tied to the price of oil on world markets. The newspaper Kommersant noted that in the first quarter of 2009, the cost of gas for Belarus will be 240 dollars per thousand cubic meters. Neighboring Ukraine in the same quarter will buy from Gazprom's oil to 360 dollars for the same amount, and the average price in Kiev is projected at 230 dollars per thousand cubic meters.
For consumers in Belarus, the cost of gas will be fixed at 175 dollars per thousand cubic meters. Kobyakov promised that the final consumer price of industrial fuel for the year will not grow. Thus, at the beginning of the year, the Government of Belarus intends to subsidize their businesses, and hopes to return the money towards the end of 2009.
In December 2008, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that during the period 1 January through 31 December 2009 the price of Russian gas delivered to Belarus, will fall in 2,5-3 times. If the information Kommersant true, by the last quarter of 2009, the cost of gas for Belarus will fall below 100 dollars per thousand cubic meters.
In 2008, the price of gas delivered to Belarus amounted to 127.9 dollars per thousand cubic meters.
The Russian side is the cost of gas for Belarus will not comment.
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