Gazprom not to reconsider gas price for Belarus in 2020
<p> MINSK, Jun 8 - PrimePress. Russian Gazprom will not reconsider the gas price for Belarus set for 2020 and can start negotiations on gas supplies in 2021 under the current contract, saying that the price terms were agreed upon on February 14, 2020, says Russian gas monopolist Gazprom. </p> <p> </p> <p> “Provided that Belarus fully complies with the agreements reached in 2020, Gazprom confirms its readiness to begin negotiations on the gas supply terms from January 1, 2021,” Gazprom says. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Ministry of Energy of Belarus reported last week that it sent a letter to Gazprom, proposing new terms for 2020 and pricing methods that might be applied from January 1, 2021. The ministry also asked that Gazprom subsidiary, Gazprom Transgaz Belarus, provided a method for calculating the calorific value of gas supplied to Belarus, as the parties disagreed on this parameter. </p> <p> </p> <p> Gazprom links gas talks with Belarus for the period from 2021 with the repayment of Belarus’ debt for gas, which is estimated at $165.6 million. The Ministry of Energy of Belarus says there is no such debt, but there is a disagreement between business entities on determining the cost of gas “taking into account its calorific value.” </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus’ import of Russian gas totals 20 billion cubic meters per year. Belarus remains the second largest consumer of Russian gas after Germany. In February 2020, Miller and Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko approved the pricing procedure for the supply of Russian gas to Belarus in 2020. The price for Belarus remained at $127 per 1,000 cubic meters, which is the same as in 2019. Belarus has been insisting that Russian gas for Minsk should equal Russia’s domestic prices, as provided for by the 2011 agreement on the sale of Beltransgaz gas transmission company to Gazprom. </p> <p> </p> <p> Former Prime Minister of Belarus Rumas said on May 14 that Belarus would try to persuade Gazprom in the May 2020 negotiations that the price of Russian gas ($127 per 1,000 cubic meters) was excessive, given that the price on European spot markets was at $80. Lukashenko stated that under current conditions, the price of Russian gas for Belarus should be $40-45 per 1,000 cubic meters, which includes logistics costs. End </p> <p> </p>
2020-06-09
Primepress
Gazprom not to reconsider gas price for Belarus in 2020
MINSK, Jun 8 - PrimePress. Russian Gazprom will not reconsider the gas price for Belarus set for 2020 and can start negotiations on gas supplies in 2021 under the current contract, saying that the price terms were agreed upon on February 14, 2020, says Russian gas monopolist Gazprom.
“Provided that Belarus fully complies with the agreements reached in 2020, Gazprom confirms its readiness to begin negotiations on the gas supply terms from January 1, 2021,” Gazprom says.
The Ministry of Energy of Belarus reported last week that it sent a letter to Gazprom, proposing new terms for 2020 and pricing methods that might be applied from January 1, 2021. The ministry also asked that Gazprom subsidiary, Gazprom Transgaz Belarus, provided a method for calculating the calorific value of gas supplied to Belarus, as the parties disagreed on this parameter.
Gazprom links gas talks with Belarus for the period from 2021 with the repayment of Belarus’ debt for gas, which is estimated at $165.6 million. The Ministry of Energy of Belarus says there is no such debt, but there is a disagreement between business entities on determining the cost of gas “taking into account its calorific value.”
Belarus’ import of Russian gas totals 20 billion cubic meters per year. Belarus remains the second largest consumer of Russian gas after Germany. In February 2020, Miller and Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko approved the pricing procedure for the supply of Russian gas to Belarus in 2020. The price for Belarus remained at $127 per 1,000 cubic meters, which is the same as in 2019. Belarus has been insisting that Russian gas for Minsk should equal Russia’s domestic prices, as provided for by the 2011 agreement on the sale of Beltransgaz gas transmission company to Gazprom.
Former Prime Minister of Belarus Rumas said on May 14 that Belarus would try to persuade Gazprom in the May 2020 negotiations that the price of Russian gas ($127 per 1,000 cubic meters) was excessive, given that the price on European spot markets was at $80. Lukashenko stated that under current conditions, the price of Russian gas for Belarus should be $40-45 per 1,000 cubic meters, which includes logistics costs. End