Kazakhstan reduces gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan
KazTransGas, a subsidiary of Kazakhstan's state oil and gas company KazMunaiGas, has partially limited gas supply to Kyrgyzstan in connection with the anomalous drop in air temperature, limited supply of Uzbek gas, as well as increased gas consumption in the south of Kazakhstan, the company's press-release said on Sunday, Trend news agency reported.
Despite the Kyrgyz side's total debt worth $26.6 million, KazTransGas continues supplying natural gas to Kyrgyzstan.
According to the purchase-sale agreement, KazTransGas supplies Kazakh gas to the north of Kyrgyzstan.
In November, Kyrgyz state-owned gas company Kyrgyzgaz reached an agreement with Uztransgaz on Uzbek gas supplies to the north of Kyrgyzstan since December 1, 2012.
The Uzbek side has limited supplies of Uzbek gas to Kyrgyzstan in the first week of December in connection with the drop in air temperature and increasing its own needs.
It has sent a notification about complete cessation of supplies since December 13.
KazTransGas has repeatedly notified Kyrgyz counterparts about limited resources of natural gas and a possible decrease in supply.
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