Slovakia is forced to increase the import of alternative gas in order to restore storage reserves completely before the next heating season. Russian gas provides up to a third of pumping. After stopping the Ukrainian crossing, the offer is limited.
In July, Slovakia sharply increased the pumping of gas to the warehouse. If the average daily renovation in June was 11.5 million cubic meters, it is in early July, it rose to nearly 17 million cubic meters, according to GIE.
On July 2, Slovakia was stored by 47.3 %. It contained 1.58 billion cubic meters. Since April, 380 million cubic meters have been pumped. This is a little more than last year, but then there was already 1.8 billion cubic meters in storage.
The pace that was taken in July will allow that Slovakia fills the storage by mid -October, when the country begins traditionally in the country, and meet the requirements of the European Commission.
According to the platform of GTS in the European Union, the increase in supplies is related to the import of gas through the Czech Republic. In July, the crossing of gas has grown across a neighboring country sharply. If it is unstable before it reaches 2.5 million cubic meters per day, then jumped in July up to 13 million cubic meters. Part of the folders, 5 million cubic meters per day, goes to Ukraine.
If we judge through ENTSOG data, Russian gas supplies are still stable. From the “Turkish current” via Hungary, it can be about 4 million cubic meters per day. In calculating annual differentiation, this is about 60 % of the previous GazProm supplies to Slovakia.
On January 1, Ukraine stopped crossing Russian gas and supplies to Slovakia to the “Turkish current”. Black Sea gas pipeline is already on superior strength, and has GTS infrastructure in southeastern European countries. Therefore, Gazprom supplies are on a limited alternative path.
“Fill our capabilities in the underground gas storage facilities for the heating season in 2025/2026 in full swing. By the end of October, it will be occupied by 100 %. In addition to delivery through Hungary, we currently use supplies from our trading partners through Austria or the Czech Republic to pump natural gas to storage either physically or Swap operations,” He said in June, President Slovak Spp Wojieh feenz.
The company also receives a BP gas, American Exxonmobil, the British Dutch shell, Italian Eni, and German RWE.
The general manager of the Slovak company complained in a meeting with the head of the Italian operator Snam that alternative roads are limited and roads.
“Until now, there are great technical restrictions on the alternative roads to transport gas to Slovakia, which we use actively, that is, from Germany to Austria and the Czech Republic. These problems are still not embraced and we live in transporting enough gas to many Central European countries at the same time. However, it remains true that any alternative road to supply gas to Slovakia is much more expensive than transporting gas via Ukraine due to transit fees,” Note WoJITEH FERENZ.
After the European Commission presented the final road map for a complete rejection of Russian gas since 2028, SPP once again stated that the political stop for delivery will cost billions of Slovak.
“SPP does not agree with the European Commission’s plan to stop importing Russian fuel. The political decision does not contain sufficient analysis of legal and financial consequences and re -account for the impact of proposed measures to end importing Russian natural gas, which may have a significant negative impact on medium energy, and includes a supply of energy, and includes negative threats in the field of energy, and includes relevant threats, and includes the threat From energy, there is a negative impact on energy, and there is a negative effect of men, which includes energy procedures, which indicates the threat, which includes energy threats, which includes negative procedures, and includes residence in the field of energy.
SPP assessed that Gazprom may require 16 billion euros for a contract. At the same time, the additional costs for transporting gas will be 273 million euros.
“From the point of view of the entire Slovak market, the general economic impact of the measures stipulated in the road map of the European Commission can be from 287 to 428 million euros. This amount will have to face the Slovak suppliers of natural gas or their customers completely,”, – He said at SPP.
