The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allowed the producers of nitrogen fertilizer to buy gas from foreign companies, writes the newspaper Kommersant-Ukraine. " Permission may open the Ukrainian market for the Russian company "Gazprom" - the main supplier of gas to Ukraine.
The Government has prepared a list of businesses that are allowed to buy fuel abroad. It includes concern "Styrene", Odesa Port Works, Severodonetsk association Azot, Dniproazot and Rivnoazot. According to authorities, demonopolization market, a major supplier of fuel which is "Naftogaz Ukraine", will allow companies to improve their financial situation because they can get more favorable contracts for the purchase of gas.
The chemical complex of Ukraine annually consumes 7-8 billion cubic meters of natural gas, representing about 10 percent of the total consumption of the country. A total gas demand in Ukraine is 76 billion cubic meters a year. Of this amount about 55 billion cubic meters annually imported.
Naftogaz of Ukraine Cabinet of Ministers decision criticized. According to the company under a contract dated 3 October 2008 "Naftogaz" is defined as the sole importer of gas to Ukraine. Based on company documents and contracts for the supply of fuel. According to Naftogaz, the breach of the contract could lead to a breach of the gas balance in the local market.
Recall that in 2008 in the Ukrainian market is a subsidiary of Russia's Gazprom. It was established in April 2008 to replace the trader "УкрÐ"аз-Energo, which is the only supplier of gas industry. Now the foreign gas in the domestic market of Ukraine may sell only to "Naftogaz Ukraine" and a subsidiary of the Russian monopoly.
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