• Le parlement ukrainien ouvre la voie à la privatisation des gazoducs, à hauteur de 49%.
    Qui va investir dans un ensemble dépendant à 100% d’un client unique, Gazprom ?

    U.S., EU Unlikely to Invest in Ukraine’s Gas System, Analysts Say | Business | The Moscow Times
    http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/us-eu-unlikely-to-invest-in-ukraines-gas-system-analysts-say/503022.html

    Ukraine’s move Friday toward attempting to sell nearly 50 percent in its gas pipeline system to EU and U.S. investors does not mean that Western buyers will rush to take up the offer, as the system’s value depends on a steady supply of Russian gas, energy analysts told The Moscow Times.

    Amid the current standoff with Russia over unpaid bills for gas imports, Ukraine’s parliament passed a bill in its first reading Friday that envisages the creation of a Ukrainian gas transportation operator of which European and U.S. investors could own up to 49 percent.
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    The bill excludes Russia from ownership in the system by only accepting as shareholders companies owned and controlled by residents of the EU, U.S. or European Energy Community, of which Ukraine is a member but Russia is not. The company must also belong to the European Network of Transmission System Operators of Gas. The same conditions apply for operators of Ukraine’s subterranean natural gas storage facilities.
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    But Europe and the U.S. are unlikely to invest in the proposed transport system, according to Sergei Pikin, director of the Moscow-based energy consultancy and engineering firm Energy Development Fund.

    “So far we have not seen any companies express an interest in this arrangement. Who will be interested in an asset that is dependent on gas from a third party — Russia?” he said.