KYIV, Dec 13 – Ukrgazvydobuvannia will maintain production of natural gas in 2019 at the same level as the previous year, Andriy Favorov, the director of the integrated gas business at Naftogaz Ukrainy, said.

"Let's look at the statistics on gas: 11.7 billion cubic meters in 2015, some 12.1 billion cubic meters in 2016, and 13.4 billion cubic meters in 2017. In 2018, there was almost no growth in gas extraction, in 2019 we are holding the situation, there may be a slight increase in production. Therefore, when they say that Ukrgazvydobuvannia reduced production by 2-3% in 2019, this is not correct, we reduced statements on production and technological expenses," he said.