KIEV, Sept. 6 – Ukrtransgaz expects to receive a feasibility study on the upgrade of the Bar compressor station of the Soyuz trunk gas pipeline (Barsky district, Vinnytsia region) at the end of September, Ukrtransgaz chief engineer Ihor Lokhman told reporters.

"Today, a feasibility study and key technical solutions on the facility are being drawn up. Under the schedule, by the end of this month the feasibility study is to be submitted to us for approval. We have a general contractor – Germany's Ferrostaal. We've signed a contract with them with a clear calendar schedule and financing. We're working according to the schedule," he said.