KIEV , Nov. 2 ??“ Gas and oil trader UkrGaz-Energo bought 97,800 tons of Ukrainian-produced oil, which was 40.2% of the overall amount of oil sold at an auction on the Ukrainian Interbank Currency Exchange (UICEX) on Thursday.

"UkrGaz-Energo is most likely to ship the bought amount of oil to process at Kremenchuk oil refinery in Poltava region," one of the bidders in the auction told Interfax-Ukraine.