The companies of the Ukrainian state-owned Naftogaz group produced 8.6 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas for commercial use in the first seven months of 2024, an increase of 7% over the same period last year, the company’s press office said on August 6.
Ukraine was once heavily dependent on Russian gas, but over the past decade it has been able to switch to other suppliers and increase its own production. For the first time in history, the country survived last winter using only its own gas.
“The Naftogaz Group companies increased their gas production by opening new high-performance wells, introducing new technologies and efficiently using old reserves,” said Oleksii Chernyshov, CEO of Naftogaz.
“The targets were exceeded by two percent. Work is continuing not only in the central and western regions, but also in the eastern regions, despite all the war-related challenges.”
JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya recently commissioned a new high-yield well that produces 274,000 cubic meters of gas per day.
In total, Ukrgasvydobuvannya drilled 50 wells in the first half of 2024, of which 41 were put into operation.
The Naftogaz Group is actively preparing for winter and has already stored more than 10 billion cubic meters of gas in underground storage facilities.
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