1. Workshop on transportation routes Region South-South East 24th November 2006, Vienna Transportation route 3 – Velke Kapusany - Baumgarten

2. 2 1971 – construction of the 1st gas line section - for 28 bcm/y Today: 4 – 5 pipelines running in parallel for total capacity of 94 bcm/y Total length of transit system pipelines – 2270 km Length of route (VK – Lanžhot / Baumgarten) - about 455 km Transmission presently: gas import flows from Russia to western Europe only; no defaults in transit contracts in the last 10 years Gas Transit and Transmission - Basic Historical Data

3. 3 Transit and Transmission - Basic Technical Data (1) Transit and transmission systems are identical, without separation Pipeline dimensions – from DN 50 to DN 1400, DN 1200 and DN 1400 prevail Nominal pressure of 6.1 MP and 7.35 MPa Entry point from Ukraine: Veľké Kapušany with available free firm capacity of appr. 10 mil. cm/day Exit point Baumgarten: no free firm daily capacity at present, interruptible capacity is offered Exit point Lanžhot: approximately 7 mil. cm/day free firm capacity Commercial unit – capacity unit in cubic meters at 20°C, absolute pressure 101.325 kPa and relative humidity 0%.

4. 4 Transit and Transmission - Basic Technical Data (2) Transmission system connected to the management system continuously providing with information on the state of technological devices and enabling optimal regulation of operations Reliable modern diagnostic methods of damages and for failure- free operation; 30 years of transmission system without serious failures Daily transport management through standard nomination/re- nomination procedures

5. 5 Transit and Transmission - Commercial Information Gas presently imported to Europe – approx. 50% from main resource in Russia Transit flows through Slovakia – nowadays exclusively from Russian source Gas import to Slovakia - about 93% to western Europe and about 7% for domestic consumption Contractual conditions with biggest shippers are based on historical long-term contracts for high volume quantities. There are also new short-term contracts for lower quantities. The access to the transmission system is regulated and subject to transparency and non-discrimination principles.

6. 6 Storage in Slovakia Storage facilities of 2.4 bcm in the West Slovakia used for supply purposes Owners: Nafta Gbely, a.s. (1.75 bcm) Pozagas Malacky, a.s. (0.65 bcm)

7. 7 Legislative Information Transmission and distribution activities are subject to regulation of the Regulatory Body Trade with commodity is not governed by regulation Slovak primary and secondary legislation (energy and regulation) is available on www.urso.gov.sk (also in English)