Ukraine Presents Major Energy Projects to American Investors
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that American energy companies are showing interest in entering the Ukrainian market, which could mark a new stage in cooperation between Ukraine and the U.S. in the energy sector.
The Gaze reports on this, referring to Interfax-Ukraine.
According to Zelenskyy, the U.S. has already effectively pushed Russian gas out of the European market, and now American companies are seeking to develop energy projects directly in Ukraine.
"We must understand that, regardless of various agreements and so on, Russia has lost Europe to the Americans. Ukraine has certainly helped. American energy companies want to enter the Ukrainian market," he said during a meeting with journalists on Sunday.
One of the areas of cooperation could be the creation of an LNG terminal in Odesa, which would allow the reception of liquefied gas from the U.S., although the implementation of the initiative requires agreements with Turkey regarding the passage of tankers through the Bosphorus.
The second key area of cooperation is nuclear energy. Ukraine already has agreements with the American company Westinghouse to build new power units at nuclear power plants.
Of the 15 existing units, six remain in temporarily occupied territories, but the U.S. is ready to join in the joint financing of projects to build nine more units in the controlled territory.
Also, according to the President, the United States is interested in cooperation in the oil sector, in particular in the use of the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline, which could become part of a strategy to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian energy resources.
Zelenskyy emphasized that the strategic goal of the joint policy of Ukraine and the US is to achieve “zero” use of Russian gas and oil on the European continent.
“And the US wants Russian gas to be zero, and Russian oil to be zero,” he clarified.
As The Gaze reported earlier, American company Venture Global has held talks with Ukraine on supplying additional volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in connection with the country's increased needs ahead of the winter season.