LAST UPDATE 22:15
Ukraine’s GTSOU – the country’s gas system operator – announced today that it would declare a case of force majeure [force majeure] to transport Russian gas through the Sokhranivka entry point, with flows stopping on May 11, according to Reuters.
GTSOU announced that it could not resume operations at the Novopskov gas compression plant due to “interventions by the occupying forces in technical procedures”.
The Novopskov compressor station in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine has been occupied by Russian forces and separatists since the outbreak of the Russian invasion.
It is the first compression station in the Ukrainian transmission system in the Luhansk region, as reported by Reuters. The route carries about 32.6 million cubic meters of gas a day, or a third of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine. Even after the Russian invasion on February 24, Ukraine continues to be a major transit route for Russian gas to Europe.
“For the full fulfillment of the obligations to the European partners and due to the agreed terms, it is possible to temporarily transfer capacity from the ‘Sokhranivka’ junction to the ‘Sudzha’ junction located in an area under Ukrainian control,” the GTSOU in a statement issued to the public.
🚨 major disruption announcement 🚨
As a result of the russian invasion, we are facing a force majeure situation at the transit point Sohranivka
Further details on our website (in Ukrainian) https://t.co/E5gjAvuEWL
– Gas TSO of Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@GasTSOua) May 10, 2022
Gazprom: It is not technologically feasible
For its part, Russian energy giant Gazprom said it was not technologically possible to divert gas flow to Ukraine to a new entry point, as suggested by GTSOU.
To the separatists, natural gas
The head of the system administrator also told Reuters that the Russian occupying forces had begun to seize natural gas destined for Ukraine and send it to the two separatist regions in the east of the country.
The managing director, Sergiy Makogon, made the remarks without giving details to Reuters shortly after the announcement that Ukraine would suspend flows through the Sokhranivka entry point, which covers almost a third of the gas traveling from Russia in Europe, via Ukraine.
Source: Capital
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