Ukraine's gas producer Ukrgazvydobuvannya sees 3.3% rise in output in Jan

The company's goal is to boost annual production to 20 bcm by 2020 / Photo from UNIAN

Ukraine's largest producer of natural gas, Ukrgazvydobuvannya, saw a 3.3% rise in output in January 2018 year-over-year, to 1.303 billion cubic meters (bcm).

Read alsoArab investors recover $8.8 mln from Ukrgasvydobuvannya in court"Ukrgazvydobuvannya in January 2018 boosted natural gas production by 3.3% from January 2017, to 1.303 bcm," the company's press service said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrgazvydobuvannya in 2017 increased natural gas production by 4.8%, to 15.3 bcm.

The company currently implements a state program on an annual increase in gas production to 20 bcm in 2020.

In 2018, the company plans to produce 15.9 bcm.

Ukrgazvydobuvannya is wholly owned by NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine.