据管道新闻网8月20日消息称，乌克兰天然气运输公司周一表示，乌克兰正准备削减俄罗斯天然气供应，已与邻国摩尔多瓦达成协议，使其边境天然气计量站现代化，以便从罗马尼亚接收天然气。

俄罗斯向欧盟出口的天然气中，超过三分之一要经过乌克兰。在冬季，乌克兰传统上利用俄罗斯向欧洲消费者提供的部分天然气，以满足其自身需求，而作为补偿，乌克兰从该国西部的天然气储存库输送天然气。

但俄罗斯-乌克兰天然气运输协议将于明年1月到期，乌克兰能源当局担心莫斯科可能会停止通过乌克兰的天然气供应。

乌克兰天然气运输公司在一份声明中表示：“合作的主要目的是为2019/2020秋冬季节做准备，并实现乌克兰的天然气供应路线多样化。”

乌克兰计划在2019年底之前修建更多的天然气管道旁路，并完成靠近摩尔多瓦边境的格里本尼基站的重建工作。

乌克兰天然气运输公司表示：“预计到2020年1月1日，不管俄罗斯通过乌克兰境内的天然气运输量有多大，每年从罗马尼亚进口15亿立方米天然气的能力将保持不变。”

乌克兰大约三分之一的天然气消费来自进口。该国在2015年停止了在俄罗斯的天然气采购，并开始在欧洲市场购买，主要是为了储存过冬。

2018年，乌克兰消耗了323亿立方米天然气，其中106亿立方米来自欧洲，途经波兰、斯洛伐克和匈牙利。

俄罗斯过境协议潜在的问题促使乌克兰将冬季天然气储量较去年增加18%，达到200亿立方米。

曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻网

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Ukraine Plans to Create Capacity for Romanian Gas Imports

Ukraine, preparing for a possible cut in Russian gas supplies, has agreed with neighboring Moldova to modernize their border gas metering stations so it can receive gas from Romania, Ukraine's gas transport company Ukrtransgaz said on Monday.

More than a third of Russia's gas exports to the European Union cross Ukraine. In winter Ukraine traditionally uses some of the gas pumped by Russia to European consumers for its own needs and compensates for this by deliveries from Ukrainian gas storage located in the west of the country.

But the Russia-Ukraine gas transit agreement is due to expire in January and Ukrainian energy authorities are worried that Moscow could stop gas supplies through Ukraine.

"The main purpose of the cooperation is to diversify gas supply routes to Ukraine in preparation for the autumn-winter period 2019/2020," Ukrtransgaz said in a statement.

Ukraine plans to build additional gas pipeline bypasses and complete the reconstruction of its station at Grebenyky near the Moldovan border by the end of 2019.

"It is expected that as of January 1, 2020, a constant capacity will be created for imports from Romania of 1.5 billion cubic meters (Bcm) of gas per year, regardless of the volume of Russian gas transit through the territory of Ukraine," Ukrtransgaz said.

Ukraine has to cover about a third of its gas consumption by imports. The country halted its own gas purchases in Russia in 2015 and started buying it on European markets mainly for pumping into storages for the winter.

Ukraine consumed 32.3 bcm of gas in 2018, 10.6 Bcm of which was came from Europe via Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.

The potential for problems with the Russian transit agreement prompted Ukraine to increase its winter gas reserves by 18% compared with last year to 20 Bcm.