In total, in 2017, Ukrainian companies increased gas production to 19 billion cubic meters, which is almost 700 million more than in 2016. In addition, Ukraine also increased gas imports to 13 billion cubic meters, which brought in revenues by 40 percent more than in the year before last. 85 billion 505 million cubic meters of gas passed through the Ukrainian pipes for the whole year, compared to 2016 this indicator rose by 15 percent.
Ukrainian consumers also increased the use of "blue fuel" by two percent, even despite the increase in tariffs for non-use of gas by 30 percent, which took place this year. It is necessary to continue the process of increasing the extraction of blue fuel from its own sources so that the country can become a net exporter.
As reported in "URA-Inform," recently Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groisman said that in 2018, prices for gas tariffs for the population will not grow.