Minsk increases the extraction of oil in Tehran and Caracas. Kyiv, increasingly dependent on Moscow, proposes a partnership in Baku, Bucharest and Sofia for the end desired by the Tymoshenko government.
Iran, Venezuela, Azerbajdzhan, Bulgaria and Romania. Here are the pieces that Belarus and Ukraine involved in order to diversify the supply of gas and naphtha. A real game of chess, which in recent months has seen approaching Minsk to Lithuania and other Baltic countries, with concrete projects to reduce dependence on Moscow. Of which, however, Kyiv does not intend to do without.
On Thursday, 26 August, yet another move. Minsk will increase the extraction of oil in Iran. As reported news agency "RosBisnesKonsaltig", the Belarusian government has included in its plan svuluppo energy potential exploitation of the deposit Dzhufeir for the next ten years. Scope of the agreement, 9.3 million tons, which will be regularly imported from Iran in Belarus until 2020. Another man involved
from Minsk and Venezuela. Between the two countries has already started a company policy, the Belovenesolana Petrolera. Which, according to a report dll'agenzia Belarus, announced the increase of extraction of oil in the Junin site-1for the next ten years. According to plans, from 1.7 million tonnes will be passed today to 2.9 in 2013 and in 2020 the final tranche of 7.5 million. Part of it is reserved for Belarus, which already last June, Caracas has signed an agreement for the purchase of cheap gasoline, then transported by sea to the port of Odessa, and imported through the territory of Ukraine. Just
Ukraine, energy and the fate of Trustees of the port of Genoa, were the focus of the Commission on Economic Development, which, again Thursday, August 26, fixed by the end of the period of work to construction of a terminal for the import liquefied natural gas from Azerbaijan. Infrastructure necessary for the energy independence of Ukraine, designed, back in July of 2009, the Tymoshenko government. Its implementation, however, was abruptly interrupted last fall, due to the severe economic crisis that hit really hard in Ukraine.
The terminal will incorporate a minimum of five and a maximum of ten cubic meters of blue gold. Total cost, $ 1 billion. Which, as explained by the energy minister, Yuriy Bojko, Kyiv will try to divide, involving the same Azerbajdzhan, and proposing a partnership with Bulgaria and Romania, already engaged in the implementation of such a terminal Kulevi in Georgia.
"For a long time - from the screens Bojko said the channel" Inter "- we are conducting negotiations with our partners Azeris. Their field of Shakh-Deniz-2 is already used by Georgia, where Bulgaria and Romania are building a terminal for the transformation of gas. From there, we could import gold blue sea, to Odessa, once completed our infrastructure. To finish the construction, we are trying to involve Baku, Bucharest and Sofia. "
Despite the words of Bojko, Ukraine does not intend to give up the energy partnership with Russia, strengthened in recent months victory in the presidential election, Viktor Yanukovych, Azarov and the activity of the government, he established in the aftermath of the settlement. To date, Kyiv blue gold imports to unfavorable prices, in spite of last May, has obtained a discount of $ 100 per thousand cubic meters. For this reason, the prime minister, Mykola Azarov said that in the coming days to ask Moscow to reconsider the fee structure, also because of the variety good relations.
"rates - said on Radio Liberty - are inappropriate. The government aims to review them. Convince our Russian partners that the reformulation is necessary for both sides."
Moscow has said it is ready to review the agreement in question and, as reported by the newspaper Kommersant,''prepared to further decrease of 30%. However, many wonder at what price Kyiv will get yet another discount gold blue Gazprom - the Russian gas monopolist. Already on 21 May, with those who made history as agreements of Kharkiv, the President Yanukovych has renewed supplies at controlled prices, in exchange for the entry of investments in the territory of Ukraine from Moscow - for a total of $ 40 billion - and the extension of the stay of the Russian soldiers of the Black Sea Fleet in the naval port of Sevastopol until 2042. A costly move, and sterile from the moment it has not prevented the rise in bills for the population, the government raised 50% since last Aug. 1. Officially, to equalize il bilancio, ed ottenere la fiducia del Fondo Monetario Internazionale per l'erogazione del prestito di 15,15 miliardi di dollari.
Come ipotizzato, sempre sulle colonne del Kommersant'', dal Deputato del Blocco Tymoshenko - la principale forza di opposizione - Oleksandr Hudyma, in cambio dell'ennesimo ribasso, l'Ucraina accellererà la fusione tra Gazprom e Naftohaz in un unico supermonopolista: caldo consiglio che il primo ministro russo, Vladimir Putin, diede ad Azarov già la scorsa primavera, nel corso di un vertice a Sochi. A più riprese, esponenti del principale gruppo di opposizione alla Rada hanno evidenziato come la proposta di Putin sia una mossa per sottomettere l'Ucraina anche dal punto di vista energetico, dal momento in which, based rumors of supermonopolista that will be created in Kyiv will be left only 6% of the shares.
According to the Director General of the National Energy Security Fund for the Russian Kostjantyn Symonov, the bargaining chips for the decline of import tariffs would be the transfer of ownership of Ukrainian energy infrastructure system, regardless of the creation of supermonopolista. As UNIAN agency said in January 2009, Moscow was able to negotiate terms for costly Kyiv, whose resignation is paid to the progressive achievement of favorable concessions to Russia in the economic, military and political.
In fact, only in recent months, the Kremlin first eliminated the clause "take or pay" - which forced Ukraine to pay a determitata amount of gas, whatever its use or not. Then, import tax - which has adjusted downward by 30% the price of gold for blue Kyiv. In return, Moscow has been the maintenance of Italy - a country that pays the price Gazprom saltier - as the reference market in the negotiations, the entry of large-scale Russian investments in Ukraine, the merger of the main industries of both countries in nuclear, hydroelectric energy and aviation, and maintenance in the territory of the Ukrainian soldiers of the Black Sea Fleet
"When it comes to prices for gas - illustrated Symonov - must consider the fate of the Ukrainian energy infrastructure system. Kyiv will get an additional discount only after the transfer of control of its pipelines to Moscow. Apart from the merger between Gazprom and Naftohaz.
Enthusiastically, Yanukovych has branded the document signed in the capital of Soviet Ukraine - today very active university center - as unprecedented in the history of relations between the two countries. Despite the protests of the Opposition Democratic. Which, again, stressed that premanenza Russian soldiers in the territory of Ukraine is detrimental to the political and military independence of Kyiv. And the objections of Prime Minister Azarov. whose decision to raise the cost of gas for the population is forcing the Ukraine to pay salty blue rivers of gold, which is essential to address the rigidity of a winter almost upon us.
Matthew Cazzulani
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