Platts: Ukraine's 2014 gas imports from Europe soar
Ukraine's imports of natural gas from Europe increased by 143% year on year, or 3 billion cubic meters, to 5.1 Bcm in 2014, up from 2.1 Bcm in 2013, state-owned gas shipper UkrTransGaz reported Monday.
In December alone, Ukraine imported 998.8 million cu m of gas from Europe, up from 946 million cu m in November and 892.2 million cu m in October, the company said.
Ukraine imports European gas via Slovakia, Poland and Hungary. In 2014, Ukraine imported 3.6 Bcm of gas from Slovakia, 900 million cu m from Poland and 600 million cu m from Hungary, UkrTransGaz said