REUTERS
Ukrgazvydobuvannya boosted natural gas output by 2.7% in the first four months of 2019.
State-owned operator of Ukraine's gas transportation system Ukrtransgaz says production of natural gas in Ukraine in January-April of 2019 grew by 3.6% year-over-year (y-o-y), to 7.01 billion cubic meters (bcm).
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In particular, gas production by Ukraine's largest natural gas producer Ukrgazvydobuvannya over the period under review rose by 2.7%, to 5.14 bcm.
The Ukrainian largest crude oil producer, Ukrnafta, in January-April 2019 produced 379.7 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas, while other companies extracted 1.5 bcm.
As UNIAN reported earlier, state-owned and private producers in Ukraine increased gas output by 0.4% in 2018 from 2017, to 20.9 bcm. Ukrgazvydobuvannya alone boosted gas production by 1.6%, to 15.5 bcm in 2018.