Energy Headlines

Andriy Klyuyev: Inaction and negligence of managers of the mine "Mezhyrichanska" turned a local fire in a serious accident Government at its session on Wednesday allocated 10 million UAH to eliminate the impact of fire on mine "Mezhyrichanska" of the SE "Lvivugol", the First Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development...

Ukraine ready for energy talks with Russia and EU Ukraine expresses preparedness to enter trilateral negotiations with Russia and the European Union on cooperation in the energy sector. "Ukraine basically is ready for the negotiations. The Fuel and Energy...

Odesa-Brody to pump crude to Belarus Test oil pumping in the forward mode via the Odesa-Brody pipeline to Belarus will start at the end of November, said Minister of Fuel and Energy Yuriy Boiko. He added the volumes of test pumping will amount...

Mykola Azarov: The Government continue talks with the Russian side on revision of 2009 Gas Agreement The Government continue talks with the Russian side on revision of 2009 Gas Agreement. He said it at a meeting devoted to the urgent issues of the development Kherson oblast. «They think it to be especially...

Mykola Azarov: The government began the reform process of the "Naftogaz Ukraine", which will make the company profitable The Cabinet began the process of reform of the "Naftogaz Ukraine", which will make the company profitable. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov declared at the meeting with Chairman of the IMF Dominique...

Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov hopes to enhance cooperation with Poland in completion of the Odessa-Brody pipeline Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov hopes to enhance cooperation with Poland in the completion of the Odessa-Brody pipeline. The Head of the Ukrainian Government said this at a briefing in Warsaw in...

Government will create construction schedules for each facility at Chernobyl NPP The Government will create schedule for each facility at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, because of some construction sites are extremely slow. The Senior Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Andriy Klyuyev...

Mykola Azarov: Government increases stability of entire energy system of Ukraine The pre-construction phase of the power line for 750 kilovolt of Rivne Nuclear Power Plant to the "Kiev" substation is completed with paths to Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant and the Chernobyl nuclear...

Ukraine continues to negotiate with Russia on 2009 gas contract revision The Government of Ukraine continues to negotiate with Russia to abolish the gas contracts concluded in January 2009. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said this at the program «Big Politics» on Inter TV channel...

The Government continues to work on implementation of national projects The Government unifies the procedure of preparation and implementation of programs for development. The Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said that during the Cabinet session. Mykola Azarov noted that the implementation...

The state is ready to privatize key energy assets n the near future, most of the state-owned power engineering and distribution assets will be auctioned off. The government thus plans to kill two birds with one stone: to fill the gaps in the national...

The Government continues to negotiate with Russia to revise 2009 gas contracts The Government continues to negotiate with Russia to revise gas contracts concluded in 2009. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov announced this today to the journalists after visiting the Schaslyvskyi...

Andriy Klyuev: Ukrainian policy in energy sector is aimed at developing domestic production of hydrocarbons The Government policy in the energy sector is aimed at developing domestic production of hydrocarbons, the Senior Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Andriy Klyuev said in interview to «5^th» TV channel. He...

Government insists on reviewing the gas deal between Ukraine and Russia The Government of Ukraine supports the review of the gas deal signed with the Russian Federation in January 2009. Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov said this today while opening a Government’s meeting...

IMF will lend $15.2 billion if leaders hike gas prices, raise pension age Government will stick to painful loan conditions despite intense criticism. The tough fiscal medicine required to secure a $15.2 billion loan agreement with the IMF is proving too much for some critics...

A loan agreement to be signed with Russia for developing Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant Ukraine's Fuel and Energy Ministry hopes to sign a loan agreement with Russia on financing the construction of Khmelnytsky NPP by the end of 2010. Ukraine and Russia on June 9, 2010, signed an intergovernmental...

Electricity consumption has increased by 25% Due to extremely high temperatures and increased power consumption by 25% in the last days the thermal power plants are using autumn-winter peak load, consuming daily more than 100 tons of coal – the First...

Agreement on a gas consortium between Ukraine, EU and Russia will be possible in the near future «The world practice knows examples when such negotiations are held for years, and then results are achieved during one day. We still measure the duration of negotiations for months, but expect that will...