The EU Commission kicked off a fresh series of trilateral gas talks between Russia, Ukraine and the EU. The objective is clear – to agree, by June, on a successor to the “Winter 2014/2015 Package” for Ukrainian gas purchases from Russia. EU officials obviously prefer to sit at the table of any gas negotiations given that the EU receives about a third of its gas from Russia, with around half that amount crossing Ukraine based on 2013 IEA numbers. Moreover, they like to reassure the public that transit gas flows to the EU will remain “unaffected”. Read more at http://theenergycollective.com
