Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Tuesday that Ukraine intends to triple over the next few years to reduce the purchase of gas from Russia. Ukraine in 2011, Russia will buy 40 billion cubic meters of gas. Thus, in the current year Ukraine plans to increase the purchase of gas from Russia at 9.7% or 3.5 billion cubic meters, compared with 2010, when the volume of purchases amounted to 36.473 billion cubic meters of gas. Earlier, Minister of Energy and fuel industry Boyko expressed the hope that Ukraine is five years could reduce the volume of purchases of gas from the Russian "Gazprom" to 12 billion cubic meters a year. According to him, Ukraine will achieve this by increasing its own gas production, as well as through energy conservation and substitution of gas for coal. In particular, the Minister noted that Ukraine is planning for the next five years to increase its own gas production from 20 billion cubic meters to 27. Thus, the head of the department expects that in 2012 Ukraine will reduce gas consumption by 8-10 billion cubic meters. "It is unrealistic to the seller of a product, selling it at inflated prices, expect that it will take in the same volumes as before, when it was sold at a competitive price. Therefore, when entered into the 11-year agreement in January 2009, Russia has not considered this very significant market factor. Even in the case of monopolistic supply of this economic law is working – consumers vote against this expensive product, "- said Tuesday RIA Novosti independent energy expert Alexander Narbut. According to him, Ukraine later this year would buy much less of Russian natural gas – 32-33 billion cubic meters – if not the need to return the gas at the suit of "RUE". Stockholm arbitration has ruled on a long dispute between RosUkrEnergo AG and "Naftogaz of Ukraine" On June 8, obliging the Ukrainian company to return the Swiss trader seized in January 2009, 11 billion cubic meters of gas and pass as a forfeit another 1.1 billion cubic meters. However, Boyko said that the decision of the Stockholm arbitration court needs thorough study and legal expertise of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. An independent energy expert, former press secretary of "Naftogaz Ukraine" (2008-2010 period), Valentin Zemlyansky to comment RIA Novosti noted that Ukraine is quite possible to reduce the purchase of gas from the Russian side to 20-25 billion cubic meters. According to experts, it can be done through a combination of events. In particular, to reduce gas consumption could be due to the reform of housing and communal services, as well as the partial substitution of charcoal. Together with those m Zemlyansky admitted that the substitution of coal – enough expensive option for the country. "It drags the cost of technological upgrading thermal power plants to meet modern conditions and requirements of the environmentalists, and the second – development of coal mining will also require the opening of new mines, exploration, development of new reservoirs," – said the expert. In addition, Zemlyansky said that Ukraine will benefit from the construction of LNG terminal, but this requires a certain infrastructure for tankers. Ukraine plans to build a 2015 terminal for receiving LNG. Construction of the terminal capacity of 10 billion cubic meters a year, according to preliminary estimates, $ 2.5 billion. Ukraine has already identified five international companies that will participate in the second stage of the tender to develop a feasibility study for building the future of the terminal. The winning company that will develop a feasibility study, power would be called in two weeks. Also, former press secretary, "Naftogaz" adding that reduce purchases of Russian gas may be due to increase domestic production, but this should increase the volume of intelligence fields. Zemlyansky confident that Ukraine will be able to reduce purchases of Russian gas for five years, provided that the country will an investor who will build and upgrade the necessary equipment. Despite the desire of Ukraine to be less dependent on Russia for gas purchase, Narbut sure that a number of arguments can make the Russian side to reconsider the price of gas for Ukraine. "Reducing the demand for Russian natural gas is observed not only in Europe, and the same thing will happen in Ukraine, which, of course, reduce the volume of currency proceeds of" Gazprom ". Perhaps it will be the last argument, which will cause seriously consider the leaders of the Russian government about the need to substantially change the formula price and the cost of a strategy for Russian natural gas, "- said Narbut. Earlier in the Ukrainian weekly comments "Correspondent" Azarov said the government is ready to begin trials with Russia to break the gas contracts.
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