Naftogaz in June to test gas purchase on domestic market

National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine intends in June 2018 to carry out a test purchase of natural gas from private gas producers in Ukraine, the company's press service reported.

According to the report, the purchase price of natural gas of own production in June this year will stand at UAH 6,900 per 1,000 cubic meters (VAT excluded).

As UNIAN reported earlier, Naftogaz from June 1, 2018, is raising the minimum price for natural gas for industrial consumers by 8.9% compared to May - up to UAH 9952.8.

Read alsoUkrgazvydobuvannya opens new gas field in Ukraine's Kharkiv regionThe price ceiling for industrial consumers from June 1 will be increased by 8.5% - up to UAH 10,893.6.

UNIAN memo. NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine is the largest state-run vertically integrated oil and gas holding whose subsidiaries account for about 90% of oil and gas production in Ukraine. Naftogaz develops oil and gas fields, produces crude oil and natural gas. Its core business is also transportation and trade in fuel through its own network of filling stations.