KYIV, Oct 23 - Ukraine has increased natural gas inventories in underground storage 2.1-fold or by 8.85 billion cubic meters (bcm) since the end of the previous heating season, to 16.95 bcm, according to operational data from Ukrtransgaz.

KYIV, Oct 23 - There is no threat of rolling blackouts in the autumn and winter period, Ukrenergo Head Vsevolod Kovalchuk has said at the Open Energy Week forum in Kyiv.

KYIV, Oct 23 – The Energy and Coal Industry Ministry will reorganize and merge state-owned coal enterprises into the newly created state-owned enterprise National Coal Company, and all permits will be re-registered to this company by the end of this year.

KYIV, Oct 23 - Industrial production in Ukraine in September decreased by 0.3% compared to the same month in 2016, while in August it increased by 1.2%, the State Statistics Service has said.

KYIV, Oct 23 - Kherson State Plant Pallada has completed building the new Ereneos composite dockage facility with a capacity of 7,100 tons on the order of Cypriot Multimarine Shipyards Ltd.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – The buyer of 99.6% of Odessa port-side chemical plant will have to pay off the company's debt to Naftogaz Ukrayiny for consumed natural gas.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – The Prosecutor General's Office in Dnipropetrovsk region jointly with regional State Ecological Inspectorate collected over UAH 72 million from ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih in court over losses to the state in violation of environment protection legislation.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – The National Bank of Ukraine has launched the website of Ukrainian Payment Prostir system, Director of the payment systems and innovative development department of the NBU Serhiy Shatsky said at the presentation of the website.

KIEV, Oct. 21 – There is a high likelihood that Ukrainian authorities could refuse implementing the conditions of the International Monetary Fund outlined in the memorandum of cooperation, co-owner and managing partner of FinPoint Investment Advisors Serhiy Budkin said.

KIEV, Oct. 21 – Ukraine and Hungary have signed a joint plan to deal with emergencies approved on Thursday in Budapest at the fifth meeting of the permanent Ukraine-Hungary joint committee for Emergency Response Coordination.