Ukraine has started to receive gas from western Europe via Hungary, the operator of its gas transmission system (GTSOU) said on Tuesday, opening a new supply route as the threat of war with Russia undermines Kiev's energy security. But supplies from Hungary stopped after Budapest and Russia's Gazprom signed a new long-term supply deal in September that bypasses Ukraine. GTSOU said in December that Ukraine would instead be able to import, via Hungary, 8 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas daily from the western European market. "The Hungarian route has become the second guaranteed gas supply route to Ukraine after Slovakia," GTSOU head Sergiy Makogon said in a Facebook post. Makogon said the new route via Hungary also offered Ukraine the opportunity to pipe in liquefied gas from a terminal in Croatia.

Source: The Standard February 01, 2022 15:52 UTC