KIEV, Feb. 15 – EnergoAtom is planning to obtain a license to prolong the term of exploitation of reactor one of Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant in the scheduled terms – December 2012, EnergoAtom President Yuriy Nedashkovsky said.

KIEV, Feb. 15 – Grain exports from Ukraine are being hindered by the cold weather, said Serhiy Kvasha, director of the agrarian markets department at the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry.

KIEV, Feb. 15 - Ukraine’s coke and steel producers are battling a recent proposal from the energy and coal industry ministry to restrict imports of coal, industry sources said Wednesday.

KIEV, Feb. 14 – Starting in February, the growth in tariffs for utility services will affect almost all types of services - both those that are regulated by the central authorities (electricity and gas) and those that are set by local government bodies (water, sewage disposal), according to an article in the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia Ukraine publication issued on February 12.

KIEV, Feb. 14 – Ukraine wants to cooperate with U.S.-based companies in natural gas production from non-traditional sources and the construction of a re-gasifying terminal for handling liquefied natural gas, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Minister Yuriy Boyko said during a working visit to the United States.

KIEV, Feb. 14 – Canada's 3P International Energy Corp. has entered into a binding letter of intent with Nadra Concern for the purchase of its wholly owned subsidiary Tysagaz, the title holder to four gas licenses in Ukraine, for $17 million.

KIEV, Feb. 14 – Kiev hopes to obtain $200-300 million from the issue of eurobonds in June, according to Ruslan Kramarenko, the deputy head of Kiev City State Administration.

The eurobonds will be lead-managed by Credit Suisse, he said.

KIEV, Feb. 15 – EnergoAtom plans to finish work to extend the exploitation of reactor one of Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant by late 2012, the state-owned nuclear monopoly reported.

KIEV, Feb. 12 – Ukrtransnafta, Ukraine's oil transportation monopolist, suggests concluding a long-term agreement with KazTransOil on oil shipments with minimum amounts of transit supplies per year, Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Ministry spokesman Fant Di told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 15 – The revival of the idea of creating a gas transport consortium to manage the existing Ukrainian gas transport system threatens Ukraine's national interests, according to Bohdan Sokolovsky, the presidential envoy for international energy security.