UkrTransNafta () is an open joint-stock company established by the government of
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
in June 2001. The company exists to manage oil transportation operations through the Ukrainian pipeline network. The company oversees the activities of two main oil pipeline systems: the Ukrainian section of the
Druzhba pipeline
The Druzhba pipeline (, ), also referred to as the Friendship Pipeline and the Comecon Pipeline, is one of the world's longest oil pipelines and one of the largest oil pipeline networks in the world. It began operation in 1964 and remains in oper ...
, and the
Pridniprovski oil pipeline. The company is also in charge of the
Odesa–Brody pipeline
The Odesa–Brody pipeline (also known as Sarmatia pipeline) is a crude oil Pipeline transport, pipeline between the Ukraine, Ukrainian cities Odesa at the Black Sea, and Brody near the Ukrainian-Poland, Polish border. There are plans to expand t ...
.
Mission
UkrTransNafta seeks to:
* promote the integration of Ukrainian oil pipelines into the European oil pipeline systems;
* promote business opportunities pertaining to the Ukrainian oil pipeline systems
* promote investment in the Odesa–Brody pipeline
Pipeline system
UkrTransNafta's oil transportation system has a capacity of 110 million tons a year. The overall length of existing pipelines is . The pipeline system includes 40 pumping stations. Tank farm capacity is about 1 million cubic meters.
Pricing policy
Since April 2023, Ukrtransnafta has decided to double (from 13.6 to 27.2 euros per ton) a fee for the transit of Russian oil to Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The official reason is the need to restore the infrastructure destroyed by the war. However, experts believe that in this way Ukraine is trying to force Hungary to abandon Russian oil.
See also
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Druzhba pipeline
The Druzhba pipeline (, ), also referred to as the Friendship Pipeline and the Comecon Pipeline, is one of the world's longest oil pipelines and one of the largest oil pipeline networks in the world. It began operation in 1964 and remains in oper ...
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Russia–Ukraine gas disputes
The Russia–Ukraine gas disputes refer to a number of disputes between Ukrainian oil and gas company Naftogaz, Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Russian gas supplier Gazprom over Natural gas in Ukraine, natural gas supplies, prices, and debts. These dispu ...
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Naftogas
References
External links
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Official site of UkrTransNafta
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Oil companies of Ukraine
Companies established in 2001
Oil pipeline companies
Naftogaz