Russian gas firm OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) said late Tuesday it has agreed to sell less gas than contracted to Ukraine's state firm Naftogaz next year, in a move to curb the risk of another halt in natural gas supplies to Europe this winter.
Russian gas firm OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) said late Tuesday it has agreed
to sell less gas than contracted to Ukraine's state firm Naftogaz next year, in
a move to curb the risk of another halt in natural gas supplies to Europe this
winter.
Under an amendment to a contract signed in January this year between the two
companies, Gazprom will sell 33.75 billion cubic meters of natural gas to
Naftogaz in 2010, Gazprom said.
Ukraine
--on
the verge of bankruptcy amid a global economic slowdown--had originally
contracted 52 billion cubic meters for next year.
"The volumes have been corrected in accordance with actual consumption in
Ukraine
during the crisis," Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller said.
Gazprom also agreed not to fine Naftogaz for lower offtake of natural gas this
year than stipulated in their take-or-pay contract.
In January this year, a pricing dispute between
Moscow
and
Kiev
resulted in a suspension of Russian natural gas to
Europe
via
Ukraine
.
Russia
supplies more than a quarter of
Europe
's gas
needs, 80% of which flow through
Ukraine
.
The agreements followed a meeting between
Russia
's
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko
last week, which laid the framework for Tuesday's agreements.
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