All publications by tag «UKRAINE»
2019, October, 30, 10:05:00
EUROPE NEED RUSSIA'S GAS
The current 10-year agreement between Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrayiny expires at the end of 2019, and the EC is brokering talks aimed at putting a new contract in place to take effect from the start of 2020.
2019, October, 23, 12:30:00
RUSSIA, UKRAINE GAS DISPUTES
The current 10-year agreement between Gazprom and Naftogaz expires at the end of 2019, and the European Commission is brokering talks aimed at putting in place a new contract to take effect from the start of 2020.
2019, October, 4, 10:15:00
RUSSIA'S OIL THROUGH UKRAINE UP
Ukraine moves Russian oil to Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The oil transit capacity of Ukraine's section of the Druzhba pipeline is about 25 million mt/year (500,000 b/d).
2019, September, 30, 15:05:00
U.S., UKRAINE GAS IMPEACHMENT
Mr Zlochevsky, the owner of Burisma, Ukraine’s largest private gas company which acquired several of its extraction licences while he was in government, had lost a political patron when Mr Yanukovich was evicted from office. Weeks later the energy tycoon sought help elsewhere. Burisma made a surprise appointment to its board: Hunter Biden, younger son of then-US vice-president Joe Biden.
2019, September, 27, 13:15:00
UKRAINE'S CORRUPTION, INEFFICIENCY
Ukraine's growth is held back by a weak business environment—with shortcomings in the legal framework, pervasive corruption, and large parts of the economy dominated by inefficient state-owned enterprises or by oligarchs—deterring competition and investment.
2019, July, 30, 12:00:00
RUSSIA - UKRAINE'S GAS DEAL
Russia has said it wants to cut substantially its gas flows to Europe via West-leaning Ukraine by doubling the capacity of the existing Nord Stream trunk via the Baltic Sea and laying gas pipes to Turkey and onwards through the Black Sea.
2019, July, 9, 17:00:00
UKRAINE'S GAS TRANSIT UP
Ukraine in January-June 2019 increased transit of natural gas through its gas transportation system (GTS) by 6.1% (by 2.591 billion cubic meters) compared to the same period of 2018, to 45.079 billion cubic meters, according to recent data from JSC Ukrtransgaz.
2019, July, 8, 12:40:00
BRITAIN FREEZES NORD STREAM
Ukraine and Russia have been in dispute over gas issues for years, which escalated after a pro-Russian leader of Ukraine was toppled in 2014.
2019, July, 8, 12:35:00
UKRAINE'S GAS RESERVES UP
The head of state-run energy firm Naftogaz, Andriy Kobolev, has said that Ukraine needs to increase its gas reserves by 18% this year to cover its winter needs and to guarantee transit to European consumers.
2019, June, 21, 09:40:00
UKRAINE NEED ENERGY
"Over the next five years we will do everything necessary to become truly energy independent: we will unite our power grids with the European ones, integrate into the European energy market, increase oil and gas production and create conditions for the development of alternative energy sources. Together with the energy saving program this will make our economy more efficient and will give impetus to the development of Ukraine," the head of state said during a meeting with the business community in Kyiv.