KIEV, Dec. 20 - The Ukrainian government plans to attract $180 million in loans next year for development of Ukraine??™s offshore crude oil and gas deposits, the energy and fuel ministry reported Wednesday.

KIEV, Dec. 20 - Lukoil, Russia??™s largest oil company, will restart its Ukrainian oil refinery in Odessa in August 2007 after completing the first stage of $320 million modernization, a government official said Wednesday.

KIEV, Dec. 20 ??“ Sokrat Investment and Financial Group, which is lead managing a tender for the sale of 32.86% of Galychyna oil refinery, does not rule out that the Continium Business Group, which controls 41%, may block or foil the sale.

KIEV, Dec. 20 ??“ Personal City Communications (Citius trademark,) a leading fixed-line communications provider in Kiev, plans to launch cable television services in 2006.

KIEV, Dec. 20 ??“ The Fuel and Energy Ministry has requested that regional administrations and oil refining companies continue to honor agreements on fuel prices reached by the Cabinet of Ministers and oil companies this September, the ministry??™s official website reports.

KIEV, Dec. 20 ??“ The first Ukrainian-Russian An-148 pilot jet took off in Kiev on Friday. The plane's maiden flight lasted a bit longer than an hour.

KYIV, Nov 17 – Ukraine needs to implement a number of projects in the next five or 10 years to increase the capacity and flexibility of the energy system, the volume of investments in which will be about $15 billion, Board Chairman of Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytsky has said.

KYIV, Nov 17 – The Cabinet of Ministers approved raising a grant in the amount of $260 million, a loan from the World Bank worth $1.1 billion and from the European Investment Bank in the amount of EUR 162 million for reconstruction programs, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

KYIV, Nov 17 – The share of respondents who consider it necessary to develop a network of strategic universal transport hubs in the western regions of Ukraine, which can act as a capacity reserve, decreased over the year from 79% to 70%, according to the results of the "Infrastructure Index 2023" study conducted by the European Business Association (EBA).

KYIV, Nov 17 – Subject to the full operation of the sea corridor, more than 50% of export shipments in 2024 will be carried out by sea, Deputy Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development Yuriy Vaskov said at the Infrastructure Day 2023, organized by the European Business Association in Kyiv on Friday.