U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor states that the USA is
ready to give experts to Ukraine engaged in efficient work of a gas
transportation system, he said in an interview to the Den newspaper,
UKRINFORM reports.
Taylor added that if Ukraine decides to set up any consortium with
other countries, Russia, European companies, the USA will also be ready
to consult the country on those issues.
Ukraine and the European Union will hold an international conference
on modernization of Ukraine's gas transportation system on March 23 in
Brussels.
The NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine develops a master-plan of the Ukrainian
gas transportation system modernization that will be presented at the
international conference on the Ukrainian GTS in Brussels. The matter
concerns a list of investment projects for the nearest 5-9 years
totaling USD 2.5 billion.
The Ukrainian GTS is made of gas-main pipelines of distribution
networks and gas storages. Total length is 283.2 thousand kilometers.
The carrying capacity of a system at the input makes up 290 billion cu
m a year, at the output - 175 billion cu m.
