Gazprom concern at Ukraine bill 俄天然气商Gazprom对乌克兰还
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The head of Russian gas giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller1, has expressed concern that Ukraine might not be able to pay its gas bills beyond 2010.

俄国天然气巨头首脑Alexei Miller表达了对乌克兰2010年付清天然气账单的担忧。

Alexei Miller described Ukrainian relations as good
Alexei Miller described Ukrainian relations as good

Mr Miller said Ukraine was currently fulfilling all its obligations, using funds from its currency reserves, the IMF and other sources.

However, he said it was unclear if the reserves would cover the next Russian gas bill, due on 7 February 2010.

He also expressed concern about Ukraine's presidential elections.

They are due to be held in January 2010, and could introduce political risks.

Tough line

Describing the current payment situation, Mr Miller said it looked as though the reserves were sufficient to pay Gazprom until the end of December.

"Relations could not be better," he told a visiting group of foreign academics and journalists at Gazprom's headquarters in southern Moscow.

But he added that when he had asked officials at the Ukrainian gas company Neftegazukraine how bills would be paid in 2010, they had answered by swearing broadly and saying they had no idea.

He confirmed that Ukraine had recently asked if it could use future transit2(经过,运输) fees from Russia to help pay Gazprom for gas supplies.

Mr Miller said he had informed the Russian government, but been instructed to stick strictly3 to the contract and refuse the request.

"I hope there will be no new catastrophe," he said ominously4(有预兆的,不详的) - apparently5 not ruling out a new Russia-Ukrainian winter gas crisis.

Mr Miller also took a tough line when it came to negotiations6 with Turkey over routing a planned South Stream gas pipeline7 under the Black Sea to Turkey, bypassing Ukraine.

A suggestion from a Turkish visitor in the group that this could help turn Turkey into a major regional gas transit hub was brusquely(唐突地) rebuffed(严厉拒绝,漠不关心).

"Turkey cannot re-export Russian gas to other countries. It is not allowed," said Mr Miller.

However, he did not address the apparent contradiction that while Gazprom may want to dictate8 transit terms to Turkey, Russia itself regularly re-exports gas to other countries from Turkmenistan in Central Asia.

Falling demand

The extent of Gazprom's sprawling9 pipelines10 was displayed on the giant coloured screen in Gazprom's Central Despatch11 Department, where supplies are tracked and despatched across the Russian Federation12 and to 30 other countries - a network of some 160,000km (100,000 miles).

Excess gas is stored in 25 giant underground storage tanks.

The head of Central Despatch, Boris Kosyagin, admitted that the amount of gas which Gazprom had been able to sell in the last year had dropped significantly because of falling demand, both from Russian companies and abroad, in the wake of the global economic crisis.

He said the volume of gas being pumped had dropped by between 15% and 20%.

He said Gazprom had taken advantage of the slowdown to repair and update pipelines and to put greater investment into new gas fields and pipelines in Eastern Siberia and the Far East, with an eye to increasing supplies to the Asian market.

He said that over the next three years the aim was to link up pipelines supplying Western Russia and Europe to those being built in the east, to create a single gas network across the whole Russian Federation.

But he admitted that several thousand kilometres of pipelines still had to be installed before that could be achieved.

In a later meeting, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko revealed that the significant drop in the consumption of European gas from Russia in the last year was causing concern.

He said the Russian government was trying to work out if this was only due to the economic crisis, or also because of the shift in policy in EU countries to promote energy efficiency and alternative suppliers.

He said that unlike Europe, Asian countries were prepared to be specific about how much Russian gas they would need in the future and were willing to sign up to long-term contracts.

And this was one reason why Russia had decided13 to develop Siberian and Far Eastern gas fields and make transit routes a higher priority.



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1 miller ZD6xf     
n.磨坊主
参考例句:
  • Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
  • The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
2 transit MglzVT     
n.经过,运输;vt.穿越,旋转;vi.越过
参考例句:
  • His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
  • The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
3 strictly GtNwe     
adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地
参考例句:
  • His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
  • The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
4 ominously Gm6znd     
adv.恶兆地,不吉利地;预示地
参考例句:
  • The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. 车轮搅起的石块,在车身下发出不吉祥的锤击声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Mammy shook her head ominously. 嬷嬷不祥地摇着头。 来自飘(部分)
5 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
参考例句:
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
6 negotiations af4b5f3e98e178dd3c4bac64b625ecd0     
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
参考例句:
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
7 pipeline aNUxN     
n.管道,管线
参考例句:
  • The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
  • A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。
8 dictate fvGxN     
v.口授;(使)听写;指令,指示,命令
参考例句:
  • It took him a long time to dictate this letter.口述这封信花了他很长时间。
  • What right have you to dictate to others?你有什么资格向别人发号施令?
9 sprawling 3ff3e560ffc2f12f222ef624d5807902     
adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着)
参考例句:
  • He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
  • a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇
10 pipelines 2bee8f0b9bb303b1f1a466fd43666db3     
管道( pipeline的名词复数 ); 输油管道; 在考虑(或规划、准备) 中; 在酿中
参考例句:
  • The oil is carried to the oil refinery by pipelines. 石油通过输油管输送到炼油厂。
  • The oil carried in pipelines. 石油用管道输送。
11 despatch duyzn1     
n./v.(dispatch)派遣;发送;n.急件;新闻报道
参考例句:
  • The despatch of the task force is purely a contingency measure.派出特遣部队纯粹是应急之举。
  • He rushed the despatch through to headquarters.他把急件赶送到总部。
12 federation htCzMS     
n.同盟,联邦,联合,联盟,联合会
参考例句:
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
13 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
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