Ukraine's Naftogaz Insists on Lower Gas Prices, Higher Transit Fees

Business | January 7, 2009, Wednesday // 00:00
Bulgaria Ukraine's Naftogaz Insists on Lower Gas Prices, Higher Transit Fees: Ukraine's Naftogaz Insists on Lower Gas Prices, Higher Transit Fees The President of the Ukrainian company Naftogaz Oleh Dubyna demanded Wednesday a higher transit fee from Gazprom. Photo by BGNES

The Ukrainian state-owned company Naftogaz is going to insist on a price of USD 201 for 1 000 cubic meters of Russian natural gas, its President Oleh Dubyna said Wednesday as quoted by the BTA.

Naftogaz is ready to accept this price which is higher than the USD 179,5 for 1 000 cubic meters of gas that it paid in 2008, but only if Gazprom agrees on a transit fee of USD 2,05 for 1 000 meters of gas as opposed to the present USD 1,7 for 1 000 cubic meters of gas.

Dubin also stressed his company wanted to deal directly with Gazprom, and did not want to have the company RosUkrEnergo as an intermediary any more.

Gazprom is asking for a price of USD 450 for 1 000 cubic meters of gas after Naftogaz initially rejected its offer of USD 250 for 1 000 cubic meters of gas.

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