Gas pipeline reconstruction planned

The Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine has initiated an investment project for reconstruction of the gas pipeline Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhgorod which connects the gas deposits of western Siberia (Russian Federation) with the western part of Ukraine in Uzhgorod city. The fuel is then transported to customers in Central and Western Europe. The gas pipeline is planned to be reconstructed with the help of foreign investment.

The Ministry called upon the national public company Naftogas Ukraine to devise and finance a feasibility study for the reconstruction project up to July 1st 2011. Currently, the total length of the Urengoi-Pomary-Uzhgorod pipeline exceeds 4.45 thousand kilometres and has a capacity of 32 bn cu m of gas per year. The gas pipeline’s length within Ukrainian territory is about 1.16 thousand kilometres.