KIEV, Nov. 9 – The Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal has put off until December 31 hearings on a case on the renewal of licenses owned by Vanco Prykerchenska Ltd (the British Virgin Islands) for the development of the Prykerchenska oil and gas field on the Black Sea shelf and a production sharing agreement.

KIEV, Nov. 10 – British oil and gas producer JKX Oil & Gas plc has announced it successfully completed the tie-in of its Ukrainian gas production to the Soyuz trunk line.

"The tie-in represents a significant operational milestone for the company as access to the trunk line effectively removes any delivery constraint on the amount of sales gas that can be delivered to the company’s Ukrainian customers.

KIEV, Nov. 10 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny, Ukraine’s state-owned natural gas monopoly, hopes to sign a long-term deal with Russia's Gazprom on gas supplies and transit through Ukraine's territory until 2019, Naftogaz Ukrayiny CEO Oleh Dubyna said.

KIEV, Nov. 7 – Group DF, uniting the assets of co-owner of RosUkrEnergo, Dmitriy Firtash, is buying a controlling stake in Nadra Bank, which belongs to Ukraine's top 10 banks.

KIEV, Nov. 10 - Ukrainians are starting to feel the impact of the economic crisis in the country more intensely, according to an opinion poll conducted by the National Institute of Strategic Studies in Kiev, Lviv and Donetsk.

KIEV, Nov. 10 ??“ Stirol Concern's gross revenues in 2005 will reach UAH 2.8 ??“ 3 bln, about $600 mln.

KIEV, Nov. 18 - In early December, UkrTatNafta, Ukraine??™s biggest oil refinery, will unveil a $680 million upgrade plan drawn up by South Korea's LG, according to Yuriy Boyko, chairman of the national Naftogaz Ukrayiny, 43% owner of UkrTatNafta.

KYIV, Oct 10 – Ukraine in January-September of this year in quantity terms increased the export of sunflower oil by 40.3% compared to the same period last year, to 4.09 million tons, but in monetary terms it decreased by 5.8%, to $3.7 billion, which amounted to 13.72% of all Ukrainian exports.

KYIV, Oct 10 – Ukraine is asking major investors about plans to restructure $20 billion in eurobond debt and the possibility of attracting new financing, Reuters reports, citing three people familiar with the discussions.

KYIV, Oct 7 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has preliminary agreements on gas supplies through the recently opened Baltic Pipe gas pipeline, said Yuriy Vitrenko, the head of the board of Naftogaz.