Roman Ivanchenko

Ukraine correspondent
A compressor station in Ukraine. TrailStone is one of the first private firms to be chosen to provide gas to Ukrainian consumers. (Naftogaz)

Ukrainian gas market reform on track – TrailStone

Sandra Rosignoli and Ante Pogagic from TrailStone speak to Interfax about Ukraine, where the US-based company was one of the first private firms picked to sell gas to consumers following market reforms.

8 December 2015
Ukraine has been pressing for reverse flows from Hungary,  Poland and Slovakia.

Hungary deal hints at Ukraine-EU gas bridge

Ukraine is using the summer dip in gas demand to push ahead with plans to interconnect its gas network with those of its EU neighbours.

12 June 2015

Russia’s Turkish Stream threat is a ‘political bluff’ – Naftogaz

Russia’s threat to sever Gazprom's European gas trading ties by building the proposed Turkish Stream pipeline is a ‘political bluff’ – Ukraine’s Naftogaz Ukrainy

16 January 2015

Ukraine transit drops as EU reverse flows rise in 2014

Ukraine transited 59.4 billion cubic metres of gas to the EU in 2014, a 29.1% decline year on year, although imports from the west rose sharply.

16 January 2015

EU heads to Russia to discuss summer supplies for Ukraine

European Energy Union Commissioner Maros Sefcovic is travelling to Moscow this week to talk about reaching a new agreement on a ‘summer package’ of gas supplies to Ukraine after the existing agreement expires on 31 March.

13 January 2015

Talks over Russia/Ukraine gas deal continue in Brussels

Three-way gas negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission continued on Thursday after Wednesday’s talks failed to result in a deal.

30 October 2014
Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan, left, shakes hands with the EU’s Günther Oettinger at the Brussels talks. (PA)

Ukraine gas price agreed, Moscow seeks clarity

Ukraine, Russia and the EU have set a price for Gazprom’s gas, but Moscow wants to know how Kiev can pay.

22 October 2014

Naftogaz files lawsuit against Gazprom over transit contract

Naftogaz Ukrainy has filed a lawsuit in the Stockholm court of arbitration to revise its gas transit contract with Gazprom and to seek compensation for the shortfall in transit volumes.

15 October 2014

Oil and gas producer JKX boosts H1 earnings by 13%

JKX Oil & Gas, a UK-based oil and gas company with assets in Ukraine and Russia, increased its net profit by 13.3% year on year in H1, to $8.5 million, the company announced on Tuesday.

29 July 2014

Complex South Kirinsky geology threatens VLNG supply

The discovery of a large number of seismic faults in the South Kirinsky field has presented Russian gas giant Gazprom with more uncertainty for its prospects and those of the Vladivostok LNG plant (VLNG).

15 April 2014

Ukraine maintains ExxonMobil PSA plans

the Ukrainian Cabinet plans to sign a PSA for the Skifska section on the Black Sea shelf with an ExxonMobil-led consortium in February despite the tense political situation in the country, Energy and

28 January 2014
A compressor station in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. Ukraine is trying to reduce its dependence on Russia. (Naftogaz)

Ukraine promises progress at Skifska gas field

Kiev has predicted a PSA for the Skifska block in a month as it pushes for energy independence from Russia, but sources warn progress could be some way off.

27 September 2013

Naftogaz could buy 18-20 bcm gas from Russia in 2013

Naftogaz Ukrainy plans to buy 18 -20 billion cubic metres of gas from Russia’s Gazprom in 2013, Vadym Chuprun, the Ukrainian company’s deputy chairman, told reporters on Tuesday.

26 February 2013

TNK-BP in talks to buy oil and gas assets in Ukraine

TNK-BP is in negotiations to join oil and gas production projects in Ukraine, the company’s Senior Vice President for International Projects and Business Development Boris Zilbermints told reporters

20 February 2013

EBRD sells up in Cadogan

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has sold its whole position in Ukraine-focused minnow Cadogan Petroleum.

19 February 2013
A gas processing plant in Shebelinka, Ukraine. The country is looking for alternatives to Russian gas. (Naftogaz)

Turkmen gas deal is small comfort for Ukraine

As Ukraine seeks alternatives to Russian gas, news that Turkmengaz will resume gas shipments to the country may not have much of an effect.

18 February 2013

State to get 31-60% of Yuzovska output

The Ukrainian state will receive between 31 and 60% of the oil and gas extracted under the production-sharing agreement (PSA) between Royal Dutch Shell and Nadra Yuzovska for the Yuzovska field, accor

29 January 2013

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