European officials are negotiating to maintain gas supplies through a key pipeline in Ukraine after the transit contract between Naftogaz and Gazprom expires, according to Bloomberg. According to the agency’s sources, representatives of European governments and companies are in talks with their counterparts in Ukraine on how to ensure gas supply next year. One of the discussed options involves European companies buying and injecting gas from Azerbaijan into Russian pipelines leading to Europe. Such an arrangement would allow Europe to avoid the difficulties associated with buying Russian gas a…