Slovakia Slovakia's largest gas supplier announced on 6.2 on the import of Russian gas through Turkstream gas pipeline via Hungary from 1.2.
The Slovakian Republic's news agency quoted the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vojtech Ferencz, said the spp still maintained a valid contract with the Russian Gazprom gas distribution company and Gazprom's shipping fee is significantly lower than that compared to With other suppliers.
Russia's gas flow to Slovakia was stopped on January 1, 2025 after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky decided not to renew the Russian gas transfer contract to Ukraine to Slovakia.
According to Ferencz, Slovakia gas supply through Turkstream - the last air pipeline transporting Russian gas to Europe - is expected to double the shipping volume starting in April. SPP leaders refused to disclose more details.
According to Michal Lalik - the head of the SPP commercial department - despite increasing capacity, but the Turkstream gas pipeline capacity is still not enough to fully meet Slovakia's consumption needs because it still depends a lot on it. Russian gas.
According to Dennik N portal, SPP's contract with Gazprom Export takes effect until 2034. "We will not terminate the contract" - Dennik N quoted Vojtech Ferenc.
Also according to this portal, SPP is establishing a subsidiary in Ukraine and applying for a gas transport license.
The gas operator in Slovakia also considers the next year as a year of risk in operation. In the summer and autumn, the full intake of burning reserves in the warehouse for the next season will be done.
Turkstream consists of 2 930 km long pipes on the sea and 2 separate pipes on a separate 142 km and 70 km. This pipeline was officially inaugurated on August 1, 2020.
The first paragraph of Turkstream extends from Anapa in Russia to Kıyıkoy, Türkiye, with a total transport capacity of 31.5 billion m3, providing gas to Türkiye. The gas was transferred to Europe through the second segment of 142 km, 1.2 m wide, extending from Kiyikoy to Bulgaria, built by the Turkstream gas transport company.
