Growth of fuel prices was recorded at OKKO, WOG, Mango, Jazz Oil, Parallel, and UPG filling stations.
The sale of motor fuels of the Euro 4 environmental class was outlawed in Ukraine from January 1, 2018, according to the technical regulations for motor petrol, diesel fuel, marine fuel and boiler oil, which were approved by the Cabinet of Ministers way back on August 1, 2013.
Ukraine's gasoline imports from Belarus shrank by 91% in October, which led to a shortage of fuel and triggered a rise in prices at the country's filling stations, according to enkorr.
At least eight North Korean ships that left Russia with a cargo of fuel this year headed for their homeland despite declaring other destinations, a ploy that U.S. officials say is often used to undermine sanctions, according to Reuters.
Tropical Storm Harvey's effect on the energy industry has spread beyond flooded U.S. refiners as fuel pipelines are also shut, threatening a supply squeeze around the country and roiling world markets as traders scramble to find alternative supplies, according to Reuters.
The State Property Fund of Ukraine on August 30 sold a state-owned 33.3% stake in charter capital of PrJSC Joint Ukrainian-Kazakh-Russian enterprise for the production of nuclear fuel, according to an online broadcast of the auction.
Ukraine imported crude oil and fuel to the tune of US$1.9 billion in the first half of 2017, according to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko insists that the share of nuclear fuel Ukraine buys from Russia for its nuclear power plants should shrink to 45% of total consumption in 2017, according to an UNIAN correspondent.