KIEV, Feb. 12 - Ukrtransnafta, which has a monopoly in Ukraine in oil transportation, increased oil pumping by 1.4%, or 47,000 tons, in January 2009 year over-year, to 3.424 million tons.

As Interfax-Ukraine learned from the Ukrtransnafta's press service on Wednesday, in January, Ukrtransnafta cut transit oil shipments by pipelines across Ukraine's territory by 8.8%, or by 250,000 tons, from January 2008, to 2.6 million tons.

Oil shipments to Ukrainian oil refineries in January 2009 were 823,500 tons, which was 56.2%, or 296,300 tons up on January 2008.