Natural gas production in Ukraine rose 3.2% in January-July 2017 year-on-year to 12.044 billion cubic meters (bcm), Ukrtransgaz has said in materials.

Ukrgazvydobuvannia increased gas production 3% to 8.777 bcm, Ukrnafta reduced production 9.2% to 0.694 bcm and other companies increased production 7.9% to 2.573 bcm, according to Interfax-Ukraine calculations.

In July alone, gas production was up 4.8% year-on-year to 1.746 bcm, including 1.3 bcm at Ukrgazvydobuvannia (up 7.1%), 0.082 bcm at Ukrnafta (down 25%) and 0.364 bcm at other companies (up 6.2%).