Naftogaz has purchased a major portion of the exit capacity of Voyany-Uzhgorod line from Eustream, the Slovak transit system operator. The line is dedicated for supply of natural gas from the EU gas market to Ukraine via Slovakia.

Naftogaz has purchased a major portion of capacity of the newly created route till 2019.

The supply of natural gas to Ukraine via Slovakia are to commence as early as September 2014. It is expected that nearly 27 mcm of gas will be delivered daily via this route.

Yesterday Eustream has also published a notice informing of a successful completion of the Open Season procedure for the new line. The procedure was conducted based on the Memorandum of understanding signed on 28 April 2014 in Bratislava between UTG and Eustream.

About Naftogaz

Naftogaz of Ukraine is a vertically integrated oil and gas company engaged in full cycle of operations in gas and oil field exploration and development, production and exploratory drilling, gas and oil transport and storage, supply of natural gas and LPG to consumers. Over 90% of the oil and gas in Ukraine is produced by the enterprises of the Company.

About Eustream

Since 1972, Eustream has secured the transmission of more than 2.2 trillion cubic meters of natural gas across the territory of the Slovak Republic. The company therefore successfully continues in the tradition of the Slovak gas industry, which dates back over 150 years.
Our work is international gas transit. In 2013, we actually transported 58.5 billion cubic meters of gas.