External dimension of the EEP – IV. part
23.4.2014


Nord Stream
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8urRy9200Vs
http://neftegaz.ru/images/Neft%20Perey/nord%20stream.jpg

Nabucco

File:Nabucco Gas Pipeline-en.svg

South Stream

http://www.pipeline-conference.com/sites/default/files/field/image/the-south-stream-pipeline-system
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EU and the transit states
 Case study – Russia – Ukraine Gas Crisis
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Major_russian_gas_pipelines_to_europe.png

Gas Wars The Russia–Ukraine Crisis of 1–22 January, 2009: major milestones
o 1 January: Gazprom cuts all supplies for Ukrainian consumption, while supplies to Europe continue
o 5 January: Gazprom alleges that 65.3 mmcm of gas has been ‘stolen’ during the first four days of
the year; Ukraine responds that in the absence of a supply and transit contract it is entitled to
take this ‘technical’ (fuel) gas
o 6 January: deliveries to Europe drastically reduced
o 7 January: deliveries to Europe completely cut off
o 11 January: EU monitors deployed
o 13–17 January: Gazprom cites daily attempts to resume flows ‘blocked by Ukraine’
o 14 January: letter from Naftogaz to Gazprom cites lack of a ‘technical agreement’ preventing
resumption of flows
o 19 January: ten year supply and transit contracts signed
o 20 January: gas flows to Ukraine and Europe restart
o 22 January: gas flows to all European customers returning to normal levels
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The Issue of ‘Technical’ (Fuel) Gas
oGas required to run the compressor stations is generally known in the gas industry worldwide as
‘fuel gas’. General practice is that fuel gas is provided by the transportation/transit company and
included in the tariff charged to the shipper i.e. there is no separate price or tariff charge for
this gas.
o In the former Soviet Union it has customarily been referred to as ‘technical’ gas. During the
negotiations, the Ukrainian side periodically raised the issue of a separate (discounted) price for
this gas. The issue of technical gas, which would come to play an important part in the crisis, was
raised from the first day.

Thank you for your attention
VERONIKA ZAPLETALOVA
ZAPLETAL@FSS.MUNI.CZ