据管道新闻网11月7日消息称，乌克兰能源部长周二表示，乌克兰和俄罗斯可能会在今年最后几天签署天然气运输协议。

乌克兰和俄罗斯已经就该合同进行了几轮谈判，合同将于12月31日到期。俄罗斯希望达成一项短期协议，而乌克兰则希望达成一项长期协议，以保证向本国消费者供应天然气。

乌克兰表示，它支持一项新的10年运输合同，保证每年至少运输600亿立方米天然气，并提供300亿立方米的额外灵活性。

能源部长Oleksiy Orzhel告诉记者：“我们正在制定不同的方案，可能会在12月的最后几天签署协议。但我们希望提前就合同中的所有数字、所有数量和其他内容达成一致。”

他表示，基辅希望乌克兰、俄罗斯和欧盟之间的天然气谈判下周继续进行，但乌克兰尚未得到各方的同意。

乌克兰是俄罗斯天然气输送到欧洲的主要途径之一。莫斯科建设的新管道，如北溪2号和土耳其管道，将减少通过乌克兰的俄罗斯天然气运输。

去年，由国有企业俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司向欧洲提供了超过2000亿立方米的天然气，其中870亿立方米经过乌克兰，为基辅提供了大约30亿美元的过境收入。

曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻网

原文如下：

Ukraine, Russia May Sign Gas Transit Deal in Late December

A gas transit agreement between Ukraine and Russia could be signed in the last days of this year, the Ukrainian energy minister said on Tuesday.

Kiev and Moscow have held several rounds of negotiations on the contract, which expires on Dec. 31. Russia wants to strike a short-term deal while Ukraine is seeking a long-term agreement to guarantee supply to its own consumers.

Kiev has said it supports the idea of a new 10-year transit contract, with a guaranteed minimum yearly transit volume of 60 bcm and 30 bcm of additional flexibility.

“We are working on different options, it (the agreement) will probably be signed in the last days of December. But we want to agree all numbers, all volumes and other elements of the contract in advance,” Energy Minister Oleksiy Orzhel told reporters.

He said that Kiev hoped that gas talks between Ukraine, Russia and the European Union would continue next week but Ukraine has not yet received the consent of all parties.

Ukraine is one of the main routes by which Russian gas travels to Europe. Moscow’s construction of new pipelines, such as Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream, will cut Russian gas transit through Ukraine to a trickle.

Last year, Kremlin-controlled Gazprom supplied Europe with more than 200 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas, of which 87 bcm went through Ukraine, providing Kiev with transit income of around $3 billion.