据俄罗斯媒体5月14日莫斯科报道,俄罗斯能源巨头俄气的一名消息人士14日在莫斯科向俄新社记者证实,俄气已从乌克兰国家石油天然气公司收到了3000万美元的天然气预付款。
这名消息人士说:“这笔钱已到我们的过渡账户上。”
早些时候,乌国油新闻办公室的一名发言人说,乌国油13日已向俄气汇出3000万美元的天然气预付款。
由于基辅拖欠俄气天然气债务超过了50亿美元,俄气在去年夏天为乌克兰制定了天然气交付的预付款制度。双方在去年10月份达成了一项涉及冬季供气的临时协议,根据协议,俄气在今年3月底前向乌克兰供应天然气时获得每1000立方米100美元的折扣。
考虑到基辅的经济困难,俄气后来把这项协议延长到今年第二季度。
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原文如下:
Gazprom Receives $30 Mln From Ukraine's Naftogaz as Gas Prepayment
14.05.2015
World Oil & Gas News
MOSCOW–Russia’s gas giant Gazprom has received $30 million from Ukraine’s Naftogaz for prepayments for gas deliveries, a Gazprom source confirmed to RIA Novosti on Thursday.
“The money is on our transit account,” the source said.
Earlier, a Naftogaz press service spokesman said that the company had sent the $30 million to Gazprom on Wednesday.
In the summer 2014, Gazprom switched Ukraine to a prepayment system for gas deliveries over Kiev's gas debt that at the time surpassed $5 billion.
In October 2014, Moscow and Kiev signed the "winter package" agreement, providing Ukraine with gas supplies until the end of March with a $100-discount per 1,000 cubic meters. Moscow later extended the deal for the second quarter of 2015, taking into account Kiev's economic difficulties.