The surplus of the natural gas receipt-distribution balance of Ukraine according to the results of 2005 amounted to 1.5 billion cubic meters. This was reported to journalists in Kyiv on Sunday by the chairman of the board of the national joint-stock company (NAK) "Naftogaz Ukrainy," Oleksiy Ivchenko, according to "Interfax-Ukraine."
"Ukraine ended 2005 with a gas surplus of 1.5 billion cubic meters. The company fulfilled one of its main tasks - it fully provided the country's consumers with natural gas," emphasized the head of NAK.
He called the forecasts of experts and politicians about a possible deficit of natural gas last year erroneous.