National joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy seeks to strengthen its positions in the segment of selling natural gas to industrial consumes, Naftogaz Head Andriy Kobolev has said.

"Next month we will change our tactics for selling gas in the segment of industrial consumers. In the next two weeks we would offer a new, more flexible price product," he wrote on his Facebook page.

Earlier Naftogaz published prices of gas for industrial consumers. From February 1, 2018 the price of gas sold to industrial consumers on the advance payment condition would fall by 5.9% or UAH 577.20 compared with January, to UAH 9,195.60 per 1,000 cubic meters (VAT included). For other buyers the price would decline by 5.5% or UAH 591.60 from February, to UAH 10,141.20 per 1,000 cubic meters (VAT included).