3 companies will import gas via Trans-Balkan route in November

After a two-month break, three companies have booked capacities to import natural gas to Ukraine via the joint Route 1 Trans-Balkan route for November.

ExPro publication writes about this, the Ukrainian News agency reports.

The total volume of booked capacities is 0.6 million cubic meters per day (6.32 GWh).

The companies that have booked capacities to import gas from Greece to Ukraine include Greece's DEPA Commercial, D.Trading (a subsidiary of Ukraine's largest gas producer DTEK Group) and Switzerland's Axpo Trading.

The report says that the GTS operators of Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece offered almost 1.9 million cubic meters per day of capacity for November.

The publication writes that in September and October, companies did not book capacities on this route, as a result of which no gas was imported.

In fact, this route operated for two months (July-August) and, according to ExPro estimates, before the transportation stopped, 18 million cubic meters of natural gas were delivered to Ukraine, and supplies stopped in September 2025 due to high tariffs and the lack of long-term guaranteed conditions for access to capacity.

Capacity reservation for November is primarily due to a 50% reduction in tariffs by Moldovan and Romanian GTS operators for six months, namely until the end of April 2026.

It is noted that another reason for the greater interest in this route is Ukraine's need to increase natural gas imports on the eve of the heating season after a significant collapse in domestic production due to russian attacks

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, in late May, operators from 5 countries (Bulgaria, Greece, Moldova, Romania and Ukraine) agreed to supply American LNG to Ukraine.

On May 27, the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission simplified gas transportation to Ukraine through the Trans-Balkan corridor.