Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) is ready to provide transit capacities to Hungary in order to minimize the consequences of the accident on the recently built extension of the Turkish Stream pipeline, head of the operator Serhiy Makogon said.
“GTSOU is ready to offer transit capacities to Hungary in order to minimize the consequences of the accident for consumers in Hungary and Serbia,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
“Unfortunately, such accidents happen to all operators, taking into account the specifics of our activities. Therefore, it is so important to have reserve gas pipelines and additional network flexibility, as in the Ukrainian GTS. This aspect will always be an advantage over single-pipe, and even more so underwater routes, and has a significant impact on the safety, reliability and security of gas supplies,” he added.
As reported, gas supplies through Bulgaria to Romania, Serbia and Hungary were stopped due to an accident on the Bulgartransgaz gas pipeline that occurred on Oct. 31 night.
At the same time, Bulgartransgaz notes that in the morning gas transportation to Romania was partially restored. Bulgarian gas workers are working on the restoration of the gas pipeline.
After the emergency, Serbia imported gas from Hungary (5 million cubic meters), and is going to use the gas reserves of its Banatski Dvor storage facility.
From Oct. 1, Russia’s Gazprom stopped transit of natural gas through Ukraine in the direction of Hungary, despite the fact that the capacity from Ukraine to enter Hungary has been contracted for the entire gas year (from October 2021 to Sept. 30, 2022) in the amount of 24.6 million cubic meters per day.
