KIEV, Oct. 7 – The government will get involved in a dispute between Russian oil major Lukoil and UkrTransNafta, a state oil shipper, seeking to restart an oil refinery in Odessa, an official said Wednesday.

Lukoil stopped the refinery last week following the dispute with UkrTransNafta after the oil shipper had acted on a plan to start massive imports of Caspian Sea crude to one of Lukoil’s competitors.

KIEV, Oct. 6 -- Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Aa1.ua national scale rating to Metinvest B.V., a steel and mining company, which has been derived from the recently assigned Ba3 corporate family rating.

KIEV, Oct. 6 - The transit of natural gas via Ukraine to Europe increased by 16.3%, to 90.6 billion cubic meters in January-September 2008 compared to the same period of 2007, Ukrtransgaz, the operator of the Ukrainian gas transportation system and a subsidiary of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said on Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 7 – The general contractor to build reactors three and four at the Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant will be Russia's ZAO Atomstroiexport, a source in the Fuel and Energy Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 7 – The first arbitration hearing on an appeal by Russia's OAO Tatneft against Ukraine under a convention on the protection of investments will be held in London on Oct. 20, according to First Deputy Justice Minister Yevhen Korniychuk.

KIEV, Oct. 4 – The Ukrainian population purchased $480.6 million more currency than it sold in September, while in August it purchased by $73.3 million more, in July it sold $5.6 million more than it purchased, in June it purchased $193.2 million more foreign currency than it sold, while in May the public purchased $162.3 million more, and in April - $381.4 million more, the National Bank of Ukraine said in a posting on its official Web site on Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 4 - Ukraine's nuclear power plants boosted electricity generation by 4.2% in January through September 2007 year-on-year, to 70.027 billion kWh,f the national nuclear electricity generating company EnergoAtom reported.

KIEV, Oct. 4 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny plans to meet with holders of its eurobonds on October 25 to agree a postponement of the date it will present audited financials for 2006, a market participant told Interfax.

KIEV, Oct. 4 – The state international Boryspil airport and AeroSvit- Ukrainian Airlines are in talks on a peaceful settlement of the issue of building a passenger terminal at the airport.

MOSCOW, Oct. 4 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny may join Timan Oil & Gas Plc (TOG), a UK company, in developing two oil and gas blocks in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea, a source familiar with the negotiations told Interfax.