Gazprom doesn’t plan to make a discount for gas to Belarus
Russia will not reduce the gas price shipped to Belarus, the deputy chairman of Gazprom, V. Golubev, said.
Our formula with Belarus is simple. We take the price of production in the Yamal Nenets Autonomous Area and add the pumping price to it, nothing extra. And this method was signed. Why should we sell gas cheaper to Belarus than we sell it in Russia? – Mr. Golubev wonders.
Previously the PM of Belarus, A. Kobyakov, said that the price of the Russian gas for Belarus is to make up $80/thousand cubic m instead of the current $142.
In response the top-manager of Gazprom said that there are various formulas of gas price making.
There are formulas connected with oil coefficients, but Belarus didn’t agree on the formula connected with the oil coefficient, it wanted the price as in Russia plus transportation fee. Today Belarus says it wants another price making, Mr. Golubev said.
He added that currently the gas price for Belarus is $132.