Ukraine has forwarded proposals to European gas companies to set up a natural gas transportation consortium to help modernize and maintain the Ukrainian gas system, Yuriy Prodan, the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry, said on April 23, ITAR-TASS has reported.
Ukraine needs investments in the energy sector and is ready for widest cooperation with the U.S. and European companies in this sphere, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk has said after a meeting with U.S.
The Cabinet of Ministers hopes that the EU and the United States will invest in the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transport system, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said at a government meeting on April 5, Ukrinform has reported.
Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said reverse gas supplies from Europe to Ukraine would be a debatable issue, Itar-Tass reported on April 5.
Ukraine is ready to buy Russian natural gas at a price of $268 per 1,000 cubic metres, parliament-appointed Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said on Saturday, April 5, Itar-Tass has reported.