KYIV, Aug 17 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny from September 1, 2018 will increase the price of gas sold to industrial consumers on a prepayment basis by 4.6% (UAH 469.2) compared to August, to UAH 10,600 for 1,000 cubic meters (including VAT).

KYIV, Aug 17 – Ostchem's chemical plants will have to stop work in a week if state-run railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia continues to refuse to send railcars for the shipment of their products, Ostchem's press service has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 20 - Maksym Yefimov, a lawmakers from the Petro Poroshenko group in Parliament, plans to close the deal within six months to buy a controlling stake in energy generating company Donbasenergo, which has been previously owned by former President Viktor Yanukovych.

KYIV, Aug 20 - Ukraine has raised natural gas reserves in its underground storage facilities (UGS) by 6.414 billion cubic meters (bcm) after the end of the heating season, JSC Ukrtransgaz has said.

KYIV. Aug 17 - The consumer sentiment index in Ukraine in July 2017 deteriorated by 0.8 points compared to June, to 58.5 (on a scale of 0 to 200), but from June 2016 this index rose by 8.4 points, according to a monthly survey released by GfK Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 17 – The existing procedure for holding tenders to lease property has problems that allow unfair bidders to derail the tenders, and the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) has proposed to introduce a requirement to present a deposit by bidders in these tenders, acting SPF Head Dmytro Parfenenko has said.

KYIV, Aug 17 – Over 500 households in Ukraine installed solar panels on their private houses in H1 2017, the State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving reported on Thursday.

KYIV, Aug 18 – Corruption in the energy sector is the largest among all economic sectors, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has said.

KYIV, Aug 18 – Retail prices of liquefied gas will grow over a large shortage of it caused by several unfavorable factors, the A-95 consulting group) has said.

KYIV, Aug 18 – The Kyiv-based 410 Civil Aviation Plant, part of the Ukroboronprom State Concern, plans to start servicing western civil aircraft in 2018-2019, the press service of the concern has reported.