KIEV, Sept. 24 - Ukraine might buy up to one million tons of fuel oil to replace the gas shortfall this winter, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 24 - Ukraine has cleared the new design of Westinghouse nuclear fuel assemblies, opening way for an alternative to Russian fuel supplies to its nuclear power plants later this year, an official said Wednesday.

KIEV, Sept. 24 – The restoration of financial cooperation with the International Monetary Fund is the best way for Ukraine to quell doubts about the country's near-term solvency, according to experts polled by Interfax-Ukraine on the sidelines of the 10th Yalta Annual Meeting.

KIEV, Sept. 24 - Ukraine increased grain exports 14.3% on the year to 5.3 million metric tons between July 1 and September 20, the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry reported Tuesday.

The latest data support an earlier forecast by the Ukrainian Grain Association that Ukraine may become the world’s second biggest exporter of grain in the 2013-2014 marketing year.

KIEV, Sept. 24 - Ukraine’s national oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrayiny plans to further expand its exploration and development of oil fields in Egypt next year, a senior official said Tuesday.

KRAMATORSK (Donetsk region), Sept. 21 – The Wind Farms of Ukraine Group plans by 2017 to invest UAH 3 billion in projects to create wind farms, Wind Farms of Ukraine LLC Director General Vladyslav Yeremenko said.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 21 – It will be possible to deliver gas from Europe to Ukraine by mid-2014, European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger said.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – The Ukrainian government has extended the deadline by 40 days for concluding production sharing agreements with U.S.-based Chevron and Shell on the production of hydrocarbons on the Yuzovska and Oleske fields.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 21 – The European Investment Bank will grant Ukraine a credit worth EUR 200 million for the renovation of hydropower plants.

Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boiko and EIB Director Heinz Olbers signed a relevant agreement between the EIB and Ukrhydroenergo in Brussels on Friday.

SYNKIV (Ternopil region), Sept. 24 - Attempts to dispute Naftogaz Ukrayiny’s contract with Russia's Gazprom on gas purchases in 2009-2019 will end in failure for Kiev, so the only option is to reduce gas purchases, though this is also fraught with risks, said Dmytro Firtash the co-owner of gas trader RosUkrEnergo.