Eustream Reports Shippers Entirely Booked Capacty of Vojany-Uzhgorod Pipeline

While Russia starts supplying gas to Eastern Ukraine as a reaction to Naftogaz’ announcement to halt its deliveries to the area, Slovakia’s Eustream announced that shippers entirely booked capacity of the pipeline connecting Slovakia and Ukraine. 

Earlier this month, Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico announced the country would have increased the capacity of the Vojany-Uzhorod pipeline starting from March 1.  

‘Interest of the shippers again exceeded the offered capacity. Entire booked capacity of the Vojany-Uzhorod pipeline until the end of 2016 has reached 14,6 bcm/year (40 mcm/day)’ Eustream wrote on Thursday, reminding that the Open Season procedure required binding requests to be submitted by Tuesday. 

A few hours earlier, Naftogaz said that it would have not shipped more gas to Eastern Ukraine due to damages to gas transmission infrastructures.  

‘Resumption of gas supply is being made impossible because of the ongoing active hostilities in the region’ the company led by Andriy Kobolyev reported on its website.  

According to Euractiv, Gazprom said that the company would have increased by 40% its gas deliveries to Ukraine, with the additional deliveries meant to supply east Ukraine “as humanitarian aid.”