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Boyko: Shell to help Ukraine cut down on Russian natural gas imports by building three coal gasification plants

“Shell [representatives] will visit us on Monday [Jan. 16]. We discussed coal gasification with them. They’ve constructed plants in China and we’ve …
Interfax-Ukraine

Dragon Capital sharply cuts Ukraine GDP growth forecast, sees big risks for economy

Speaking at a Jan. 12 press conference, Dragon’s senior economist Olena Bilan said that the key risks for the country’s economy are seen in the budget …
Interfax-Ukraine

Boyko: Ukraine to start buying natural gas on spot market

“One of the diversification directions is buying gas on the spot markets. We have been preparing for this process for a long time, [and we] have …
Interfax-Ukraine

Zhytomyroblenergo and LEU place bids to buy 50 percent stake of Zakarpattiaoblenergo

“One of the subsidiaries of Zhytomyroblenergo and Luhansk Energy Union have submitted bids,” the source said. As reported, the tender to sell shares …
Interfax-Ukraine

Azarov orders tax service to halve number of inspections on enterprises in 2012

Communicating with the public through Facebook on Jan. 13, he revealed that a meeting had been held on the subject with Oleksandr Klymenko, Head of …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukrainian electricity exports surge by 52.5 percent in 2011

Citing the source, Interfax reported that electricity supplied from the ‘energy island’ of Burshtynska thermal power plant (TPP) to Hungary, Slovakia, …
Interns

Naftogaz expects $415.8 per 1,000 cubic meters to be average Russian gas import price in 2012

“The price in the first quarter will come to $416 per 1,000 cubic meters, the second and third quarters – $418 per 1,000 cubic meters and fourth …
Interfax-Ukraine

Fitch: Naftogaz default ‘real possibility’

Naftogaz’s $1.595 billion government-guaranteed notes are affirmed at ‘B’ with a Recovery Rating of ‘RR4’. “The IDRs continue to reflect that default …
Interfax-Ukraine

Azarov: Ukraine has pumped enough gas into underground storage facilities for winter

"We’ve pumped a sufficient amount of gas for the winter, the reserve of which will help provide our people with gas without interruption in 2012," he …
Interfax-Ukraine

Boiko: Ukraine to increase coal output to 84 million tons in 2012

Therefore, production this year will increase by 2.4%. "The switching of our heat power plants to coal will allow us to save up to six billion cubic …
Interfax-Ukraine

Ukraine to switch heat power plants to coal over a year

"We will transfer all of our heat power plants to coal. This will take us one year, but we have launched this process. As soon as the law on the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Negotiations between Miller and Boiko slated for Jan. 17

The meeting will likely take place in Moscow. Ukraine has been in negotiations with Gazprom since 2011 for reducing the gas supply price in 2012. In …
Interfax-Ukraine

On the move: Oleh Beketov, AstapovLawyers International Law Group

Oleh Beketov was nominated to become a Partner at AstapovLawyers International Law Group. In his new position Mr. Beketov will become a head of …
Kyiv Post

Ukraine says won’t sell gas pipelines to Russia (updated)

He pledged, however, to honour the existing deal, which Ukraine considers unfair, if talks on revising it fall through. Ukraine, which depends heavily …
Reuters

Donetsk’s Media-Press publishing house to join Segodnya Multimedia

According to a media report, the decision was made by shareholders in Media-Press in the middle of December 2011. Currently, CJSC Segodnya Multimedia …
Interfax-Ukraine

Authorities: Prices of socially important food will not increase in Kyiv

According to the press service of the city state administration, although a relevant draft instruction on the limits on profits from socially …
Interfax-Ukraine

Parliament passes law on state support for small and medium businesses

The law deals with the following types of state financial support: partial compensation of credit interest rates, partial recovery of leasing, …
Interfax-Ukraine

Azarov: Russian gas price makes Ukraine turn to coal

"Speaking of using coal instead of gas, when gas costs $416 as it does now, coal use is appropriate and economically justified. But if the gas price …
Interfax-Ukraine
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