KYIV, Sept 12 – The national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny may go for a potential initial public offering (IPO), Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolev has said.

"The strategy has the element of potential IPO of Naftogaz. Of course, the decision to enter the exchange could be made only by the Verkhovna Rada. Our goal is to prepare the company that the Verkhovna Rada has a motive to consider this decision. It will take three years of active work," he said in an interview with the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia.Ukraine (ZN.UA) publication.