Ukraine to increase gas output to lower dependance on Russia
Ukraine, facing price increases from natural gas suppliers Russia and Turkmenistan, will seek to raise its extraction of the fuel 50 percent this year to reduce its dependence on Russia, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said.
"We can extract at least 30 billion cubic meters of gas per year,'' Yekhanurov said Saturday in the central city of Poltava in remarks broadcast by Ukraine's Channel 5 television.
