Naftogaz Group is about to obtain liquefied pure gasoline (LNG) through a terminal in Germany for the primary time, opening up a brand new route for the import of gasoline into Ukraine, the Ukrainian state-owned built-in power firm stated Monday.
“LNG will probably be sourced from the U.S. and equipped in Germany by the multi-energy firm TotalEnergies”, Naftogaz stated in an internet assertion, with out disclosing the amount. “After LNG is regasified by Deutsche ReGas, the gasoline will probably be delivered through pipelines by means of Poland to Ukraine the place it will likely be out there for Naftogaz to satisfy the nation’s wants throughout February”.
Naftogaz chief govt Sergii Koretskyi stated, “The Naftogaz staff has been working systematically with our worldwide companions to diversify sources and routes to be able to guarantee secure provides for Ukrainians. This new partnership opens up a brand new dependable import route for Ukraine for the present yr, and this settlement is simply step one towards a long-term partnership”.
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Deutsche ReGas chief govt Ingo Wagner stated the supply “underscores the strategic significance of our location, not just for the market space however particularly for our Central and Japanese European neighbors”. The terminal is on the island of Rügen within the Baltic Sea.
Early this month Naftogaz stated it had taken supply of its first cargo of U.S. LNG in 2026, below a partnership with Poland’s majority state-owned ORLEN SA.
“The quantity delivered is nearly 100 million cubic meters [3.53 billion cubic feet] – sufficient to offer gasoline to about 700,000 households for one month throughout the winter interval”, Naftogaz stated in a press launch February 4.
“The LNG tanker was en route for 20 days. The gasoline was acquired in late January on the LNG terminal in Swinoujscie (Poland)”, it stated.
“Whole US LNG provides to Ukraine may attain one billion cubic meters in 2026”, Naftogaz added.
In different gasoline procurement efforts, Naftogaz not too long ago secured a brand new EUR 85-million ($100.12 million) grant from Norway that enhances an earlier agreed mortgage of as much as EUR 500 million from the European Financial institution for Reconstruction and Growth (EBRD).
The grant will fund “the acquisition of imported pure gasoline to make sure the secure passage of the winter heating season”, Naftogaz stated February 16. The EBRD mortgage was signed August 2025.
“With this newest contribution, Norway’s whole help for Ukraine’s power safety sector through the EBRD quantities to over EUR 610 million, together with Norway’s help to Naftogaz now exceeding EUR 490 million”, the EBRD stated in a separate assertion final week.
“Earlier grants have backed main EBRD financing for emergency gasoline purchases and strategic reserves, serving to safeguard important power companies for tens of millions of Ukrainians.
“Since 2022, the EBRD has mobilized EUR 3.4 billion for Ukraine, together with unfunded ensures. Total, the financial institution has deployed near EUR 9.3 billion since 2022, together with over EUR 3.3 billion for the power sector. This makes it Ukraine’s largest institutional investor for the reason that begin of the full-scale battle”.
The brand new Norwegian grant follows a further EUR 50 million in long-term financing dedicated by the European Funding Financial institution (EIB) to Naftogaz for the import of winter gasoline, additionally with Norwegian help.
“The brand new financing enhances an earlier EUR 300 million EIB mortgage, in addition to EUR 127 million in European Union grant help for gasoline procurement, supplied with the participation of the federal government of Norway below the Ukraine Funding Framework”, Naftogaz stated January 29.
The Ukraine Funding Framework (UIF) is a part of the European Union’s Ukraine Facility. The ability goals to mobilize as much as EUR 50 billion – EUR 33 billion in loans and EUR 17 billion in grants – from 2024 to 2027, in accordance with the European Council, which authorised the power February 2024. The UIF goals to mobilize as much as EUR 40 billion of investments for restoration, reconstruction and modernization, in accordance with its implementer the European Fee.
Final yr Naftogaz additionally introduced gasoline procurement financing from native banks JSC CB PrivatBank, JSC State Saving Financial institution of Ukraine and PJSC JSB Ukrgasbank.
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