KIEV, Aug. 7 - Ukraine’s largest petrochemical company KarpatNaftoKhim, owned by Russian oil producer Lukoil, plans to resume operation in the middle of September, the company’s press service said in a statement Wednesday.

KarpatNaftoKhim, which has been staying idle during the past 12 months, originally planned to resume operation by the end of July, but delayed the launch for one-and-a-half months.