Kazakhstan 'has to supply gas to Almaty' through additional line
KazTransGas, a subsidiary of Kazakhstan's state oil and gas company KazMunaiGas, has to supply gas to Almaty through the additional line to provide Bishkek with the fuel, KyrTAG news agency reported with the reference to the Deputy Director General of Kyrgyzgaz Kuralbek Naskeev,Trend news agency reported.
"Gas is supplied to Almaty through the transit from Uzbekistan to the north of Kyrgyzstan. In order to somehow provide Bishkek and Chuy Province with fuel, KazTransGas is obliged to supply gas to Almaty through the additional line," Naskeev said.
Naskeev confirmed that KazTransGas decreased gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan.
Earlier KazTransGas partially limited gas supply to Kyrgyzstan due to anomalous drop in air temperature, limited supply of Uzbek gas, as well as increased gas consumption in the south of Kazakhstan. Previously, KazTransGas repeatedly notified Kyrgyz counterparts about limited resources of natural gas and a possible decrease in supply.
Naskeev also added that Kyrgyzstan has a large debt to Kazakhstan and therefore can not demand providing gas volumes specified by terms of supply from Kazakh side.