According to the people's deputy, no one knows how much gas there is in Ukraine, but indirect signs indicate that it is very little.
People's deputy Oleksiy Kucherenko declares that Ukraine does not have the amount of gas reported by Naftogaz. Kucherenko stated this in his YouTube video blog, citing arguments to support his statement.
“A vivid example. Vitrenko cannot draw up a gas balance sheet, cannot explain why we need these 5 or 6 billion cubic meters of gas. After all, Ukraine – state and private companies, produces 19 billion cubic meters of gas. Last year, our consumption was 26 .5 billion cubic meters of gas. Today it has fallen by 40% – people have left, industry has stopped or collapsed, entire regions are without gas, without heat. Accordingly, consumption is a maximum of 18-18.5 billion,” Kucherenko claims.
“So, in this situation, Vitrenko says that we need to buy an additional 5 billion cubic meters of gas, give me 10 billion dollars for it. I undertake to assert that this means that we do not have the gas in storage that he reports on. And I this information is coming from different sides. That in the vaults they already got into the buffer so-called gas, which must always be there so that the vaults push the gas to the surface. And as a result, I understand one thing: that there was stealing, stealing, stealing. As a result, today according to the balance sheet, there seems to be enough gas, but 5 billion is not enough,” the People's Deputy emphasized.
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According to Kucherenko, if the storages contained the amount of gas that has been claimed for years, domestic Ukrainian gas could completely balance all consumption, at least for population.
“It is clear that then we could make the internal regulation, the price of gas normal, raiseable for the population. And for industry, the budget sphere as well”, – he noted.
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“And here is my main question. Kobolev and Vitrenko have been working at Naftogaz since 14. They were hired during Poroshenko's time. And I have a question for the current government. How could you not spend 2019, when you came to power, full of an audit so that we now know how much gas is actually in storage now, what is the financial condition of Naftogaz. So that we are convinced that if budget money goes to Naftogaz, it is not stolen, it goes to production. There was no such audit it was done in 2019, and after that. It is not there until now,” Kucherenko noted.
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According to the people's deputy, the latest statements coming from both Naftogaz and local authorities only prove that things are much worse than they say.
“Innovation from Vitrenka: he says, give me 10 billion dollars and I will buy you gas, because we need another 5 billion cubic meters. This is a third of Ukraine's budget. If you don't give it, there will be no gas, no heat, buy blankets. Before then Kobolev advised to switch to electric heating. I listened to one, the other. Then I listened to the initiative of Mr. Sadovoy, who decided together with the deputies of the Lviv City Council to equip 10,500 individual heating points with the help of boilers. Klitschko also advises to stock up on warm things. They are already are ready for this scenario. All that remains now is to prepare people,” Kucherenko noted.
Let us remind you that according to the data of the Operator of the Gas Transport System of Ukraine, as of the end of August 2022 in 13 billion cubic meters have been accumulated in underground storage facilities (PSG). m gas.
According to the ExPro consulting company, in 2021, gas production in Ukraine was 19.79 billion cubic meters, which is 2.2% less than the figure for 2020 .
In June, Naftogaz announced that production in Ukraine would decrease by 5-10% in 2022. This is a non-critical reduction in production.
“Naftogaz” intends to inject 19 billion cubic meters before the start of the heating season. m of gas. The Cabinet of Ministers set this task for the company.
On August 31, at 12 o'clock, a meeting of the Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will begin, which will review the activities of the GTS Operator regarding:
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- real financial condition,
- tariff formation,
- protecting the financial strength of the GTS Operator,
- its ability to invest in critical gas transport infrastructure in response to structural challenges,
- the state of the gas transportation system of Ukraine,
- the threat to the short-term liquidity and medium-term viability of the GTS Operator, as the basis of the state's energy security.
< p>What is evidenced by the consolidated report of Naftogaz of Ukraine for 2021. Read about it in Alla Yeromenko's article – “The benefit of Naftogaz is not the same as the benefit of Ukraine”.
