Energy front of Ukraine. Weekly updates

12/ 04/ 2022

Despite the constant danger and hostile shelling in some regions of Ukraine, companies continue to operate normally and promptly repair damage where they exist. Gas sector Donetsk region and the service area of JSC Donetskoblgaz is increasingly suffering from artillery shelling and air bombardment. The geography of damage is expanding. Heroes-locksmiths, welders, technicians, and drivers continue to repair networks almost nonstop. The Donetskoblgaz service area used to supply gas for 11,788 customers. The war has affected the gas supply networks for 11,788 customers in the service area of Donetskoblgaz. However, it managed to restore gas supply for 6,470 consumers and 21 boiler houses/facilities. And thanks to the heroic efforts of the Donetskoblgaz employees, the gas pipeline to the gas station was restored, which is a key source of fuel for municipal vehicles in a number of localities. During the week, consumers of Naftogaz Trading LLC reduced the use of natural gas by 4.1% to 35.5 million cubic meters due to warm weather. Demand continues to decline the most among heat producers and companies distributing heat to the population. All digital services of Naftogaz Ukraine are fully accessible. The contact center accepts calls from household customers from all over Ukraine around the clock. More than 8,000 calls were processed during the week. The company is grateful to all its customers who continue to pay their gas bills. After all, it is thanks to their indifference and responsible attitude that Naftogaz Ukraine can work and heat Ukrainians. Novorozdil and Novoyavorivsk CHPs operate in the usual mode in compliance with the requirements of martial law. Despite air raid alarms, businesses provide heat and hot water to almost 60,000 of their customers. The Novorozdil Electric Grids and the Novoyavorivsk Electric Grids branch work, stably providing electricity to the residents of Novyi Rozdil, Novoyavorivsk and nearby localities. Ukrtransgaz network facilities remain under heightened security and continue to operate normally. Re-export of natural gas stored in Ukrainian underground storage facilities resumed. The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine made the respective decision. JSC Ukrgazvydobuvannya continues to steadily produce gas at all its facilities, except for those near the line of contact. Besides, the company equips its production facilities with Starlink satellite systems. JSC Ukrtransnafta and JSC Ukrspetstransgaz continue to work as usual. Shebelinsky refinery (Kharkiv region) is currently closed. OJSC Kirovogradgaz operates normally. Natural gas market As of April 11, altogether 296,941 consumers remain without gas supply. Compared to April 4, the number of consumers without gas supply decreased by 11%. Since the start of restoration in the Kyiv region, almost 15,000 consumers have access to gas again. In the last day alone, on April 10, Kyivoblgaz employees returned gas to 7,308 households. In terms of localities: Brovary + 3 382 Kyiv-Sviatoshynskyi district +2 257 Borodyanka + 534 Makariv, Vyshhorod + 1 135 Also on April 10, the gas supply was returned to 2 231 households in the Chernihiv and Mykolaiv areas. The companies in the gas distribution sector not only promptly restore gas supply to the districts and regions destroyed by the occupiers, but also continue to perform critical functions in other regions of Ukraine. Thus, JSC Lvivgaz performed all works on the installation of gas networks in the installation of gas equipment in 138 quarters in the Lviv region. Besides, 10 brigades from JSC Vinnytsiagaz and 8 brigades from JSC Zhytomyrgaz are working in the Kyiv region, helping to restore gas supply in Bucha, Hostomel, Irpin, and Borodyanka. JSC Zakarpatgaz urgently built almost 1,200 meters of a new gas pipeline due to the flooding of gas networks on the Tereblya and Teresva rivers. Two gas pipelines with a diameter of 150 mm were damaged, leaving two localities - the villages of Chumalyovo and Dobryanske. In just a few days, the gas company managed to restore gas supply to 1,300 household consumers. Electricity During the week of April 4-10, DTEK Networks emergency crews returned light to 84,000 households affected by the hostilities in Kyiv and Donetsk regions. Thus, part of the light was returned to almost 49 cities and villages of the Kyiv region (including those liberated from the occupiers). The light was also provided on the equipment of the water supply system, the hospital, the building of the City Council in Irpin, and the Vorzel maternity hospital. Power engineers work closely with the military to conduct demining and provide a safe opportunity to repair networks. Active works are taking place in Bucha, Vyshhorod, and Brovary districts. According to preliminary estimates, about 1,600 km of the regions power grids were damaged in the Vyshhorod, Bucha, Brovary, and Ivankiv directions due to the fighting. The data are being updated as thorough inspections of the power grids are underway. To restore the light to the residents of the Kyiv region as soon as possible, power engineers Kyiv, Odesa, and Dnipropetrovsk have joined the repair works. The difficult situation with the power supply persists in the Donetsk region as hostilities continue there. Over the past week, it was possible to return light to 46.5 thousand households in the region. In some localities, the light had to be repaired two or more times due to fierce enemy shelling. Specialists have been working continuously for 47 days and are doing everything possible to quickly restore the electricity supply to the localities affected by the fighting.

Despite the constant danger and hostile shelling in some regions of Ukraine, companies continue to operate normally and promptly repair damage where they exist.

Gas sector

Donetsk region and the service area of JSC Donetskoblgaz is increasingly suffering from artillery shelling and air bombardment. The geography of damage is expanding. Heroes-locksmiths, welders, technicians, and drivers continue to repair networks almost nonstop. The Donetskoblgaz service area used to supply gas for 11,788 customers. The war has affected the gas supply networks for 11,788 customers in the service area of Donetskoblgaz. However, it managed to restore gas supply for 6,470 consumers and 21 boiler houses/facilities. And thanks to the heroic efforts of the Donetskoblgaz employees, the gas pipeline to the gas station was restored, which is a key source of fuel for municipal vehicles in a number of localities.

During the week, consumers of Naftogaz Trading LLC reduced the use of natural gas by 4.1% to 35.5 million cubic meters due to warm weather. Demand continues to decline the most among heat producers and companies distributing heat to the population.

All digital services of Naftogaz Ukraine are fully accessible. The contact center accepts calls from household customers from all over Ukraine around the clock. More than 8,000 calls were processed during the week. The company is grateful to all its customers who continue to pay their gas bills. After all, it is thanks to their indifference and responsible attitude that Naftogaz Ukraine can work and heat Ukrainians.

Novorozdil and Novoyavorivsk CHPs operate in the usual mode in compliance with the requirements of martial law. Despite air raid alarms, businesses provide heat and hot water to almost 60,000 of their customers. The Novorozdil Electric Grids and the Novoyavorivsk Electric Grids branch work, stably providing electricity to the residents of Novyi Rozdil, Novoyavorivsk and nearby localities.

Ukrtransgaz network facilities remain under heightened security and continue to operate normally. Re-export of natural gas stored in Ukrainian underground storage facilities resumed. The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine made the respective decision.

JSC Ukrgazvydobuvannya continues to steadily produce gas at all its facilities, except for those near the line of contact. Besides, the company equips its production facilities with Starlink satellite systems.

JSC “Ukrtransnafta” and JSC “Ukrspetstransgaz” continue to work as usual.

Shebelinsky refinery (Kharkiv region) is currently closed.

OJSC Kirovogradgaz operates normally.

Natural gas market

As of April 11, altogether 296,941 consumers remain without gas supply. Compared to April 4, the number of consumers without gas supply decreased by 11%.

Since the start of restoration in the Kyiv region, almost 15,000 consumers have access to gas again. In the last day alone, on April 10, Kyivoblgaz employees returned gas to 7,308 households. In terms of localities:

Brovary + 3 382
Kyiv-Sviatoshynskyi district +2 257
Borodyanka + 534
Makariv, Vyshhorod + 1 135

Also on April 10, the gas supply was returned to 2 231 households in the Chernihiv and Mykolaiv areas.

The companies in the gas distribution sector not only promptly restore gas supply to the districts and regions destroyed by the occupiers, but also continue to perform critical functions in other regions of Ukraine. Thus, JSC Lvivgaz performed all works on the installation of gas networks in the installation of gas equipment in 138 quarters in the Lviv region. Besides, 10 brigades from JSC Vinnytsiagaz and 8 brigades from JSC Zhytomyrgaz are working in the Kyiv region, helping to restore gas supply in Bucha, Hostomel, Irpin, and Borodyanka.

JSC Zakarpatgaz urgently built almost 1,200 meters of a new gas pipeline due to the flooding of gas networks on the Tereblya and Teresva rivers. Two gas pipelines with a diameter of 150 mm were damaged, leaving two localities – the villages of Chumalyovo and Dobryanske. In just a few days, the gas company managed to restore gas supply to 1,300 household consumers.

Electricity

During the week of April 4-10, DTEK Network’s emergency crews returned light to 84,000 households affected by the hostilities in Kyiv and Donetsk regions. Thus, part of the light was returned to almost 49 cities and villages of the Kyiv region (including those liberated from the occupiers). The light was also provided on the equipment of the water supply system, the hospital, the building of the City Council in Irpin, and the Vorzel maternity hospital. Power engineers work closely with the military to conduct demining and provide a safe opportunity to repair networks. Active works are taking place in Bucha, Vyshhorod, and Brovary districts.

According to preliminary estimates, about 1,600 km of the region’s power grids were damaged in the Vyshhorod, Bucha, Brovary, and Ivankiv directions due to the fighting. The data are being updated as thorough inspections of the power grids are underway. To restore the light to the residents of the Kyiv region as soon as possible, power engineers Kyiv, Odesa, and Dnipropetrovsk have joined the repair works.

The difficult situation with the power supply persists in the Donetsk region as hostilities continue there. Over the past week, it was possible to return light to 46.5 thousand households in the region. In some localities, the light had to be repaired two or more times due to fierce enemy shelling.

Specialists have been working continuously for 47 days and are doing everything possible to quickly restore the electricity supply to the localities affected by the fighting.