Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation (MEDT) has held monitoring of economic situation around “Gazprom”. “Results of the research show that during the first six months of 2015 “Gazprom” has considerably reduced the volume of gas recovery and export,” inform the experts of “Market Leader” online-magazine.
Thus, according to MEDT of Russia, the volume of gas recovery during the first six months has dropped to 311.3 billion cubic meters, which amounts to only 93.4% in comparison to the volume of gas recovery during the first six months of 2014. It has also turned out in the course of monitoring that its share in general volume of recovery is also decreasing. At the same time, MEDT of the RF predicts drop of gas recovery to 414 billion cubic meters, although in 2014 recovery amounted to 444 billion cubic meters. Speaking about first six months, this result has decreased by 13 percent.
The monitoring has shown that during the first six months the volume of gas export has dropped by 6.2 percent, having reached 66.8 billion cubic meters.
Predictions of MEDT Change
At the same time, MEDT predicts that in 2015 the general volume of gas recovery will amount to 626 billion cubic meters. Monthly monitoring of MEDT highlights that this result is 13.2 bln. cubic meters less than in 2014. Notably that just several months ago the institution was expecting gas recovery at the level of 638 bln. cubic meters. Official data of Ministry of Energy state that in 2014 the volume of gas recovery in “Gazprom” amounted to 640.3 billion cubic meters, and in 2013 – 668.024 bln. cubic meters. “At the same time independent manufacturers and oil companies stand on the way of increasing volumes of gas recovery,” informs the report of MEDT of Russia.
Let us admit that Central Dispatching Department of the Fuel and Energy Complex informs about reduction of volumes of gas recovery in Russia by 6.2% during the period of January-June.
At the same time, management of “Gazprom” has spoken against liberalization of pipeline gas export, having rationalized this idea as a serious threat for the market basics. This has been informed by Deputy Chairman of the Board of “Gazprom” Aleksandr Medvedev. He has called such measures as simply impractical at the time when demand for gas in Europe is falling and there is no energetic policy.
He has also admitted that independent companies are trying to export gas at much lower price than “Gazprom”. “By doing so they do not invest means in development of pipeline system,” specified Medvedev.
