SIMFEROPOL, Oct. 7 - Crimean gas company Chornomornaftogaz plans to drill two new wells at the Odeske field on the Black Sea before the end of January in a bid to boost gas production 7%-10%, Sergei Beim, the company's CEO, said.

The company will use two new drilling rigs that it acquired after 2010 but while Crimea was still part of Ukraine, Beim said at a meeting of Crimea's Council of Ministers.