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NJSC NaftoGaz of Ukraine possesses sufficient amount of gas to supply all the categories of consumers in Ukraine. Deputy head of NJSC NaftoGaz of Ukraine Board Volodymyr Trikolich announced during a press conference in the House of Government today.

He informed that annually his company extracts in Ukraine up to 20 billion cubic metres of gas, 18 bn cu m of which is the gas intended for communal needs of Ukrainian population, while another 55 bn cu m are bought by the Ukrainian Company from RosUkrEnergo for industrial needs.

“Firstly, for the whole history of Ukraine’s independence the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted a unique decision when compensation between the cost of gas and local tariffs has been undertaken by the state,” deputy head of NJSC NaftoGaz of Ukraine reminded.

Volodymyr Trikolich stressed that the CMU and Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko dared to do that being well aware that specialists of heat systems and city mayors will be speculating on gas consumers.