Ukraine in January-November 2016 reduced natural gas consumption by 6.2% (by 1.825 billion cubic meters) compared to the same period in 2015, to 27.596 billion cubic meters.
According to the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, in particular, industry consumed 8.538 billion cubic meters (17.2% down compared to January-November 2015), the population and government organizations used 10.297 billion cubic meters (1.2% down), heating companies 5.789 billion cubic meters (0.6% down), while production and processing costs amounted to 2.972 billion cubic meters (3.8% up).
As reported, Ukraine in 2015 reduced gas consumption by 20.9% compared to 2014, to 33.727 billion cubic meters. In particular, industry reduced consumption by 19.2%, to 11.416 billion cubic meters, the population and government organizations by 22.6%, to 12.178 billion cubic meters, heating companies by 19.2%, to 6.938 billion cubic meters, and production and processing costs were down by 15.5%, to 3.196 billion cubic meters.
