KIEV, July 12 - Slovakia's Nafta, which has facilities able to store 2.74 billion cubic meters of natural gas and is developing gas fields near the border with Ukraine, has acquired 50% of the Uzhgorod gas field for EUR 1.5 million from U.S. Cub Energy Inc. with assets in Ukraine.

Cub Energy said in a report that Nafta International B.V. (the Netherlands), the subsidiary of Slovakia's Nafta, acquired 50% in CNG Holdings Netherlands B.V., which holds 100% in CNG LLC (Vovkove, Uzhgorod district), the holder of the license to develop the Uzhgorod gas field.