Over ten bids for purchase of hydroelectric plants, potential buyers for UBRD, Odesa port-side plant

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15.11.2016

The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) has stated investors are highly interested in the privatization of hydroelectric power stations on the Pivdenny Buh River and said there are potential buyers of Ukrainian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (UBRD) and Odesa port-side chemical plant.

"We already have more than ten applications for each hydroelectric power plant, and the majority of interested parties are foreigners. There are those interested in buying UBRD and Odesa port-side plant," SPF Head Ihor Bilous wrote on his Facebook page.

At the same time, he noted that, unlike the applicants themselves, the fund has no right to disclose the names of the companies, their country of origin and quantity, as well as comment on someone's statements.

Bilous said the SPF is preparing transparent and open tenders and waits for all the candidates, while the final list of participants will be determined by competitive commissions.

 

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02.12.2016
The Board of national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy has not approved the purchase of equipment and works by public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz from public joint-stock company Sumy Machine-Building Science and Production Association (Sumy NPO) to reconstruct Ananiev, Zadniprovska and Pivdennobuhska compressor stations for over UAH 4 billion.

Naftogaz said that equipment that Ukrtransgaz intended to buy was meant and could be used for reconstruction of compressor stations used only for gas transportation towards Turkey. It cannot be used at other compressor stations.

The Naftogaz board proposed to buy universal equipment that can be used at compressor stations transporting gas to domestic consumers.

"Taking into account the agreement between Russia and Turkey to implement the Turkish Stream project intended to replace transit of Russian gas to Turkey across Ukraine, this investment is unviable. The completion of construction of Turkish Stream is planned before the Russian gas transit contract expires, according to a statement of Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak," Naftogaz said.

Naftogaz said that the company is committed to purchase high-tech equipment from Ukrainian manufacturers, but this procurement not viable if Russia halts gas transit across Ukraine.

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Compressor stations
Design, construction, modernization
Stationary gas compressor station is the largest site of any pipeline. This CS can consist of one or more departments that perform a number of functions.

In the list of completed reconstruction projects are Ukrainian sites:
BS “Bilche-Volitsa”, BS “Opary”, CS “Rohatyn”, CS “Berdichev”, CS “Krasilov”, CS “Kirovograd”, CS “Uzhgorod”, CS “Dolyna”, CS “Volovets”, CS “Talnoe”, CS “Bar”, CS “Aleksandrovka”, CS “Gusyatin”, CS “Gysin”, CS “Hust”, CS “Ananiev”, CS “Orlovka”, CS “Stavischenskaya”, CS “Rososh”.
and international:
CS “Kirpichli”, CS “Nayip”, CS “Drochia”, CS “Vulkaneshty” (Moldova), CS “Al. Guy” (Russia).

Compressor shop at BS “Opary” — 4 GPA-C-6,3 produced by “SMNPO Frunze” with gas turbine engines D-336-2 produced by JSC “Motor Sich”.

We have produced, installed and set-up shop automation based on Siemens PLCs; all process control sensors are replaced as well as cables and wires. Fuel gas supply system, gas fire suppression system and alarm system were also replaced.

 

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and President of Poland Andrzej Duda have ordered the acceleration of building a gas interconnector between the two countries, press secretary of the Ukrainian president Sviatoslav Tseholko wrote on Twitter.

As reported, Ukraine's gas transportation operator Ukrtransgaz and Polish gas transportation operator Gaz-System have prepared a feasibility study for the construction of a gas interconnector between the two countries with a total length of 99.3 km. The construction will start in 2017.

The first phase of the project includes the construction of an interconnector, which should provide an increase in natural gas exports from Poland to Ukraine with an annual capacity of up to 5 billion cubic meters. The second phase of the project will make it possible to increase export volumes to 8 billion cubic meters per year. At the same time, the decision on the second phase will depend on the confirmed interest in the market.

Ukrtransgaz and Gaz-System S.A. signed an agreement on cooperation in preparing the feasibility study on December 17, 2014. The document provides for not only the integration of the gas transportation systems of both countries in order to increase gas imports to Ukraine from Europe through Poland but also ensuring European gas storage in Ukraine's underground gas storage facilities and its subsequent supply to EU consumers.

 

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December 05, 2016 15:31

Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee wins ruling to enforce $6.6 bln fine against Gazprom (Part 2)
KYIV. Dec 5 (Interfax) - Kyiv Economic Court has ruled in favor of a lawsuit filed by Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee (AMKU) seeking enforcement of a fine against Gazprom totaling 172 billion hryvni (about $6.64 billion at the current exchange rate), an Interfax correspondent reported from the court.

The ruling was made at a closed court session in Kyiv on Monday.

"The court upheld our demands in full," an AMKU representative said after the ruling was announced.

The fine itself represents half the total, while penalties for nonpayment make up the other half.

On September 13, the judicial panel of the Ukrainian Supreme Court's appellate chamber for economic cases rejected Gazprom's appeal against a Supreme Economic Court ruling upholding lower court decisions ordering Gazprom to pay the AMKU fine totaling 85.966 billion hryvni.

The official exchange rate on December 5 was 25.9 hryvni/$1.

 

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Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee has dismissed a complaint of Techmorhydrobud Mykolaiv LLC over dredging works at the Yuzhny maritime merchandise port (Odesa region) that affected the ultimate terms for the dredging works procurement.

The press service of the Ukrainian Sea Port Authority reported that the company’s complaint concerned the procurement tender to reconstruct approaching and maneuver zones and operation water areas near berths, taking into account the promising cargo flow at the Yuzhny port (the first construction phase).

The committee did not discuss the complaint, as Techmorhydrobud Mykolaiv failed to prove the impossibility of implementing the requirements of the customer (the administration of the Yuzhny port) and did not provide grounds why the requirements violate the company's rights and legal interests and do not allow the company to participate in the procurement tender.

The ultimate term for submission of bids is January 25, 2017.

As reported, the administration of the Yuzhny port repeatedly announced procurement tenders for dredging works in the ProZorro e-procurement system at the end of November 2016.

The permanent administrative panel of the Antimonopoly Committee considering complaints of violation of legislation in the procurement area on November 3, 2016 decided to revoke the dredging works procurement tender for Yuzhny seaport.

Earlier Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman instructed to hold a new tender via the ProZorro e-procurement system.

Earlier MP Serhiy Leshchenko said that this tender is "one of the sweetest carve-ups of the season."

He said that in July 2016 assistant to MP from People's Front Serhiy Faermark was appointed director of the winner company. The rival in the tender – Dutch Van Oord offered the UAH 90 million less price.

However, Head of Yuzhny Port Administration Maksym Shyrokov said that the story in media reports linked to Jan De Nul Ukraine, which won the first tender, was trumped up.

 

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Combined heat and power plants have been transferred to the economy mode under the order of the Kyiv mayor, due to which the capital will have enough coal by the end of the heating season, chief of staff at Kyiv City State Administration Volodymyr Bondarenko has stated.

"Out of the three combined heat and power plants (CHPP) in Kyiv, only one is running on coal, the remaining two do not depend on coal. Darnytsia CHPP, which serves 20% of the city, mainly Darnytsky and Dniprovsky districts, needs solid fuel," Bondarenko said.

According to him, today coal stocks at Darnytsia CHPP are 25,000 tonnes. This stock would be enough for a month of work without switching to the economy mode. In view of introduction of the economy mode, coal reserves will be enough for 50 days. This is facilitated by the improvement of weather conditions in the capital.

"Now the situation is stable and it is not a question of rolling blackouts and interruptions. Hopefully, no changes will occur by the end of the heating season. There is no threat to Kyiv," the expert said.

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