Effective public management works miracles: countries that have never claimed the role of gas hubs become one. Some twenty years ago no one would believe that Turkey would become a gas hub and the largest transit country for Russian gas to Europe. Then the positions of the Ukrainian gas-transport system (GTS) looked so unshakable, taking into consideration its high carrying capacity and a system of underground storage of natural gas, which constituted one-third of European active volumes.
Ukraine's Energy Challenge
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Oleksiy Kushch: Turkey earns billions of dollars on gas transit, while Ukraine loses its chance
A picture taken on Oct. 21, 2014 shows pressure valves and pipes at a gas pumping station in Donetsk.
