KIEV, Aug. 21 - Ukraine will probably announce two tenders for development of major shale gas and natural gas fields next month, Environment and Natural Resources Minister Eduard Stavytskiy said Tuesday.

The fields will include Slobozhanske shale gas deposit in eastern regions of Ukraine, and a Foroske deepwater natural gas field offshore the Black Sea, he said.

MOSCOW, Aug. 19 - Russia has no doubts about the legitimacy of the 2009 gas supply contracts it signed with Ukraine, Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko told RT television channel on Friday.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – The State Property Fund has said that signing an amicable agreement to settle the conflict over Zaporizhia aluminum mill ZALK is the best way to resolve the issue, according to SPF head Oleksandr Riabchenko.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – National JSC Naftogaz Ukrayiny will pump 16 billion cubic meters of natural gas into the underground storage facilities in 2008 to meet demand for gas in autumn and winter, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – Lviv region's economic court has declared Zhydachiv pulp and paper mill in Lviv region bankrupt and launched liquidation procedures.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – The XXI Century development company (Kiev) has decided to redeem three-year Guaranteed Secured Notes) worth $150 million and 1,500 warrants, each of which allows to acquire 4,000 common shares of the company, ahead of schedule on Aug. 25, the company has announced at the London Stock Exchange.

KIEV, Aug. 20 - The forecasted wholesale market price of electricity on the Ukrainian wholesale electricity market as of September 1, 2008 will grow by 4% on August, to UAH 370.7 per MW (VAT not included).

KIEV, Aug. 20 - -The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) has brought an action against JSC Ukrtatnafta, CJSC LINIK, OJSC TNK-BP Commerce, OJSC Naftokhimik Prykarpattia, OJSC Galychyna oil refinery, Optima-Trade Ltd., OJSC Galnaftogaz Concern, and OJSC Lukoil-Odesa oil refinery for anti-competitive, concerted actions on the diesel fuel market.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – Only issues related to the construction of the Bohorodchany-Uzhgorod gas pipeline are being discussed by Ukraine and Russia as part of talks on the operation of an international gas transportation consortium, Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan has said.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – U.S. Pepsico and PepsiAmericas have completed a joint deal to buy an 80% stake in Mykolaiv-based Sandora Ltd., Ukraine's largest juice producer, the two companies announced on Monday.