Shurma explained why the russians are so desperate to return the ammonia pipeline to them
According to him, this will allow russia to earn additional money by processing gas into ammonia
The supply of ammonia is an opportunity for russia to monetize its natural gas, which the aggressor country has nowhere to put it due to Western sanctions. The resumption of supplies through the ammonia pipeline will allow gas to be processed into ammonia and receive money for it.
Rostyslav Shurma, deputy head of the Presidential Office of Andriy Yermak, said this in an interview with Telegraf.
"Unlike oil, natural gas is not so easy to redirect. You have to ship oil through some ports today and other ports tomorrow, and tankers sail in one direction today and in another tomorrow. The situation with gas is different – the lion's share of it is transported by pipeline, and each pipe has its own capacity. (...) Now there are simply no logistics routes to redirect the natural gas that Europe used to buy (which is 130-140 billion cubic meters per year). But there is a logistics route through refined products – ammonia. Ammonia is actually processed natural gas, because 1 ton of ammonia requires a little more than 1,000 cubic meters of natural gas. That is, for the aggressor, it is a way to monetize natural gas, which they have nowhere to go. That's why they are fighting so hard to restore ammonia supply routes," Shurma said.
"If russia organizes the supply of 10 million tons of ammonia, and russia has tens of millions of tons of ammonia capacity, it means that they could monetize tens of billions of cubic meters of natural gas, which they simply have nowhere to put. In my opinion, the international community must maintain a firm position on this – we must not allow the aggressor to do this," the official emphasized.
He called the russians' claims that ammonia, which is used to produce fertilizers, is needed for food security in the world as manipulations.
"There is no shortage of fertilizers on the global market today. The market is surplus, and this is evident in the price level. This is a banal struggle of the aggressor to monetize its natural gas," Shurma emphasized.
Background. As a reminder, the President's Office announced that they would rebuild the Kakhovka dam, but "it will take years".
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