Kadri Simson says talks with Azerbaijan would allow Gazprom to continue exporting to central Europe
The EU’s top energy official, who stepped down at the weekend during the handover to a new European Commission, has warned against a deal to replace Russian gas piped through Ukraine by labelling the imports as Azerbaijani. European energy companies have been negotiating with counterparts in Ukraine and Azerbaijan to ensure that flows of gas to central Europe would continue after an agreement with Russia’s Gazprom to supply gas via Ukraine expires on December 31.
But the likelihood of Ukraine remaining a transit country for EU-bound gas has faded as talks stall. Slovakian and Hungarian energy companies are exploring options to access gas from Azerbaijan via alternative routes. Last month the Slovak gas company SPP signed a pilot contract with Socar, Azerbaijan’s state energy company, through Turkey and the Balkans.
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