Novatek completed the company’s first delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The company has only been supplying pipeline gas before. Novatek’s trading arm Novatek Gas & Power completed delivery to Chile’s Quintero. The LNG lot was shipped from the plant in Trinidad and Tobago. “Delivery of the first lot is an important step for Novatek…
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted law No. 2706 on writing off fines imposed on heating and water supply companies due to late payments for gas and electricity. Some 253 deputies voted for the law. The document also suggests the introduction of a moratorium on imposing new fines on heating and water supply companies in the…
National joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy is discussing with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) the possibility of expanding a credit line with the limit of $300 million raised at the end of 2015 from the bank to buy natural gas in Europe, Naftogaz Ukrainy commercial director Yuriy Vitrenko said. The current credit line…
Russia’s new anti-aircraft missiles defense systems Tor-M2U have arrived at a tank formation of the Eastern Military District, stationed in Buryatia republic, Siberia, the district press service reported. “The air defense missile systems have arrived in the republic after successful live-fire exercises at the Kapustin Yar range in the Astrakhan region”, the press service said.…
Russia’s gas producer Gazprom offers a lower price for natural gas supplies to Ukraine than European countries, chief executive officer of Ukraine’s state gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy Andrey Kobolev said. “The price Gazprom is offering ($167.57 per 1 thousand cubic meters) is slightly lower than that of European suppliers”, he said, adding that the gas…
Kyrgyzstan is again considering the issue of electricity supply from Tajikistan in summer, the department of information support of the government reported. The deputy prime minister Oleg Pankratov held a meeting on preparations for the autumn-winter of 2016/2017 and discussed the accumulation of water in the Toktogul reservoir. He instructed the National Energy holding of…
Preliminary data suggests that as of July 1, Ukraine’s international reserves amounted to the equivalent of $13.98 billion. The stock of international reserves keeps increasing for a third consecutive month. In June, international reserves expanded by 3.3% MOM, or by $452 million. In annual terms, international reserves rose by 36.3% YoY. June’s increase in international…