KIEV, Dec. 4 - Shareholders in Naftokhimik Prykarpattya (the Nadvirna oil refinery in Ivano-Frankivsk region) are considering the possibility of temporarily shutting down the refinery due to a shortage of oil for refining.

"The oil reservoirs of the Nadvirna oil refinery are almost dry... The shareholders are considering the possibility to a temporary shutdown at the refinery due to the shortage of oil," a source in the Fuel and Energy Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine.