Ukrainian gas companies are tasked to increase by 2020 the volume of extraction of their own blue fuel to 20 billion cubic meters, which will allow to get rid of imports and ensure a reduction in gas prices for local consumers. On Thursday, November 23, Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman said that he visited several wells of the state company Ukrgazvobycha in the Poltava region, the press service of the government reported.. "As a result of this year, we are going to 15.2 billion cubic meters, and set the task by 2020 to reach the extraction of 20 billion cubic meters. This will ensure Ukraine's energy independence and will allow not only to get rid of fuel imports as a factor of influence on Ukraine, but also ensure a reduction in gas prices within the country. Thus, Ukrainians will have access to cheap gas, "- said the head of the Cabinet. According to him, the government is striving for complete demonopolization, building a transparent market for blue fuel in the country, creating a fair price for it, the agency UNN. The publication recalls that these issues will be addressed by members of the newly appointed Supervisory Board of Naftogaz of Ukraine, the largest energy company in the country. According to scientists, Nezalezhnaya has 276 billion cubic meters of confirmed gas reserves (140 deposits).

The total potential of the fields is three times as great:.

923 billion m3. Positive dynamics of fuel production was recorded in 2016. The total volume of extraction last year was 14.6 billion cubic meters.