Ukraine Says Gas Output Growth Limited After Crimea Loss
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Ukraine will fail to increase domestic natural gas production this year to cut its dependence on Russia after its eastern neighbor annexed Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that has boosted gas output.
Gas production in Ukraine, which is dependent on imports for most of its needs, remains at the same level as last year and no increases are expected after the country lost its Black Sea offshore deposits to Russia, Ukraine’s Energy Minister Yuri Prodan said today in Kiev.