KIEV, Aug. 17 – Ukraine will boost output of natural gas at least 50% over the next three years to about 30 billion cubic meters a year, First Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kliuyev said.

“Now, Ukraine is producing about 20 billion cu m of gas annually, but I think in three years we will boost the output at least 50%,” Kliuyev said in a live interview with Channel 5 television late Monday.

“We have to be producing at least 30 billion cu m of gas [annually] in Ukraine,” Kliuyev said.