Dispatchers received information about spontaneous interference from the Novopskovskaya industrial site in transit gas flows.
The operator of the GTS of Ukraine (OGTSU) confirmed the facts of theft of natural gas in the occupied territories from transit flows. It was reported on the company’s website on Wednesday, May 11th.
It is indicated that on May 9, dispatchers received information about spontaneous interference from the Novopskovskaya industrial site with transit gas flowing in the Soyuz gas pipeline by opening jumper valve 17u.
“The information was further verified and confirmed. An unauthorized withdrawal of transit gas from the Soyuz gas pipeline to gas pipelines in the territories of Lugansk and Donetsk region not controlled by Ukraine was recorded,” it said. report.
The operator emphasizes that in fact we are talking about gas theft and the inability of the company to bear the responsibility for maintaining transit volumes.
“As a result of the facts of the direct intervention of the occupiers in the operating modes of the Ukrainian GTS, OGTSU was forced to declare force majeure at the point of Sokhranivka,” explained the press service.
Earlier on Wednesday, the head of the board of NJSC Naftogaz, Yuriy Vitrenko, said that Ukraine had recorded the facts of the theft of transit gas in the Luhansk region occupied by Russian troops.
On the eve found out that Ukraine has stopped sending gas through Sokhranivka. Today, the volume of transit on Ukrainian territory dropped by a third, while gas prices rose in Europe.
Source: korrespondent
