President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said that Ukraine and the European Union are jointly considering various scenarios of how the story of gas transit through our country could develop further.. She said this during a joint press conference of the participants of the Ukraine-EU summit.
" And the task for the Commission is to work out all the scenarios together with Ukraine, "
One of the options, she said, is to work out the possibility of a larger volume of gas reverse through the Slovak GTS. The European Union also plans to make more active use of the gas transportation system of Ukraine.
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Von der Ljaen also noted that now official Kiev should focus on improving energy efficiency.
" Ukraine should not import gas at all, it should be self-sufficient "
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Gas in storage facilities of Ukraine has risen in price above 40 hryvnia per thousand cubic meters.
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As a reminder, on October 1, Gazprom stopped the transit of gas through Ukraine in the direction of Hungary..
At the same time, no applications for transit were received, although capacities from Ukraine to Hungary were contracted for the entire gas year - from October 2021 to September 30, 2022 - in the amount of 24.6 million cubic meters.. m per day.
As ZN wrote. UA, Ukraine expects a drop in transit and prevention of a virtual reverse of gas from Hungary. About this in your text for ZN. UA experts from the Energy Research Center Maria Yakub and Oleksandr Kharchenko write in the text - "