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06 January 2010
02:53 -
Gazprom: Turkmenistan to resume gas supply to Russia on Jan 9
Russia will start to receive gas from Turkmenistan again on Jan. 9, Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said on the Ekho Moskvy radio station.
"Gas supply from Turkmenistan will start at 10:00 a.m. on Jan. 9. All controversial issues regarding the supplies have been resolved," Kupriyanov said.
He did not name the terms for the supplies.
The supplies will, though, "help balance our portfolio very well," he said. Gazprom has the gas it produces itself, then there are independent producers in Russia, and gas is being purchased in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, and now in Turkmenistan, he said.
The gas supplies came to a halt in April 2009, when an accident put the Central Asia-Center gas pipeline section in Turkmenistan out of action. Turkmenistan blamed Gazprom for the accident, claiming that the Russian company reduced its uptake of gas sharply, without informing Turkmenistan in advance. The pipeline was repaired, but the gas supply did not resume.
Turkmenistan changed to European gas export prices at the beginning of 2009. Gazprom says the more costly Turkmen gas has not been in demand due to the crisis, and suggested that Turkmenistan either cut the price of the volume of supplies.
Industry sources say Turkmenistan will sell gas to Gazprom for $195 per thousand cubic meters in January 2010. // Interfax-Ukraine
"Gas supply from Turkmenistan will start at 10:00 a.m. on Jan. 9. All controversial issues regarding the supplies have been resolved," Kupriyanov said.
He did not name the terms for the supplies.
The supplies will, though, "help balance our portfolio very well," he said. Gazprom has the gas it produces itself, then there are independent producers in Russia, and gas is being purchased in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, and now in Turkmenistan, he said.
The gas supplies came to a halt in April 2009, when an accident put the Central Asia-Center gas pipeline section in Turkmenistan out of action. Turkmenistan blamed Gazprom for the accident, claiming that the Russian company reduced its uptake of gas sharply, without informing Turkmenistan in advance. The pipeline was repaired, but the gas supply did not resume.
Turkmenistan changed to European gas export prices at the beginning of 2009. Gazprom says the more costly Turkmen gas has not been in demand due to the crisis, and suggested that Turkmenistan either cut the price of the volume of supplies.
Industry sources say Turkmenistan will sell gas to Gazprom for $195 per thousand cubic meters in January 2010. // Interfax-Ukraine
