KIEV, March 16 - UkrGazVydobuvannya, Ukraine??™s largest natural gas producer, launched in operation a power co-generation unit at its oil and gas refinery Shebelinka GPP, the company said in a statement Thursday.

The unit, the first of its kind in Ukraine, would allow the refinery to reduce emissions of greenhouse gas and nitric oxide, but also to save 17 million cubic meters of natural gas annually on power generation, the company said.