KYIV, March 6 – Ukraine under a proposal of U.S. Frontera Resources will hold a tender to develop the Black Sea shelf within the Dolphin section located in the northwest of the continental shelf of the Black Sea under a product sharing agreement (PSA).

KYIV, March 6 – Crude oil transit by pipelines via Ukraine to Europe in January-February 2019 grew by 3.1%, or 66,700 tons, year-over-year, to 2.202 million tons, JSC Ukrtransnafta has said.

KYIV, March 6 – Almost 40% of Ukrainians would like to have their own business, and another 10% are already owners of their business, according to a survey conducted by the Rating sociological group.

KYIV, March 7 – The primary registrations of imported used vehicles in Ukraine in January and February grew by 12 times year-over-year, to 136,500 vehicles, the Ukrautoprom association reported.

KIEV, March 9 - Ukraine since the beginning of the 2015/2016 heating season has reduced natural gas stocks in its underground gas storage facilities (UGS) by 43.3%, or 7.391 billion cubic meters.

KIEV, March 10 – Industrial prices in Ukraine after a 1.1% decrease in January rose by 1.5% in February mainly due to a rise in prices for coal, metal ore and hydrocarbons, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, March 10 - Consumer prices in Ukraine decreased by 0.4% in February after rising 0.9% in January and 0.7% in December, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, March 6 – Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK is preparing lawsuits to be sent to international courts against the decision of the National Commission of Ukraine for Energy and Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) on reducing feed-in tariffs by 50%, DTEK Director General Maksym Tymchenko said.

MOSCOW, March 7 – Russian banks operating in Ukraine have nearly $30 billion at risk, reads a survey of Moody's Investors Service.

The service assesses the total influence of assets that bring a Ukrainian risk to Russian banks at $30 billion. Moody's said that Russian bank asset quality and profitability are facing pressure from the Ukraine crisis.

KIEV, March 7 - Ukraine on Friday assured Shell that the new government is committed to continuing shale gas extraction projects as a way of reducing dependence on natural gas imports from Russia.