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The EU is negotiating with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan over a Trans Caspian Pipeline System, said Anca Paduraru, EU Spokesperson for Energy Union projects, AzerNews reports.

US oil and gas production in the third quarter of 2017 is expected to increase for a fourth quarter in a row, according to the latest Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Energy Survey of upstream industry executives in the region.

The UK has set a new landmark for clean energy after authorities announced that the electricity powering British homes and businesses this summer was the greenest ever. The Guardian reports.

France has launched what it is calling its ‘Great Investment Plan 2018-22’ which will include €20 billion for its energy transition plan, made up of €9 billion for energy efficiency measures, €7 billion for renewables, and €4 billion to expedite the switch to electric vehicles.

A Republican Congressman is asking leading tech companies for evidence that Russia bankrolled ads opposing hydraulic fracturing, a contentious energy extraction process that has split American politics, The Independent reports.

Fire and exploding ammunition in an arsenal in the town of Kalynivka has not affected gas supply to Vinnytsa and the transit of gas, Advisor to Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Maksym Biliavsky has said.

The deadline for implementing a catalog of measures to join the European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E) by Ukraine is July 2022, according to a presentation of Ukrenergo Head Vsevolod Kovalchuk at a roundtable in the Verkhovna Rada held on September 22.

DTEK Naftogaz plans to annually commission three or four new wells at its facilities using two or three drilling rigs, Ivan Hafych, the director for exploration and prospective development at DTEK Naftogaz, has told Interfax-Ukraine.

The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy proposed the Marszałek of the Polish Sejm Marek Kuhcinskij to sign a joint declaration with respect to the hazard posed by the construction of the gas pipeline Nord Stream 2.

The supervisory board member of Naftogaz of Ukraine, independent director Charles Proctor resigns his office through the absence of support of the corporate governance reform on the part of the government.

The off-schedule inspection conducted by the internal audit of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine revealed a series of violations in tenders on the part of Ukrgazvydobuvannia.

UAH 124 billion - these are budget revenues of local self-governments for 8 months of the current year, which is UAH 28 billion more than in the previous year. At the same time, the housing and utilities sector financing volumes for preparing for the heating season amount to UAH 3.5 billion.

In connection with the effectiveness of the Law of Ukraine "On Commercial Metering of Heat Energy and Water Supply", the Cabinet of Ministers has provided explanations as to how heat and water would be metered according to the new law.

Ukraine has informed the Kyoto Protocol Compliance Committee of the timely completion of all the measures specified in the compliance plan and of the discharge of its commitments under the first validity period of the Kyoto Protocol.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has charged the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine with creating an inter-agency commission for investigating the systematic non-compliance by NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine with the plan for transfer of assets, material and technical and other resources required for effective operation of PJSC Main Gas Pipelines of Ukraine.

Hennadiy Zubko, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Utilities Sector of Ukraine, reported that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine had approved incentive tariff setting for heat producers from renewable energy sources.

Development of a legal decision in the area of maintenance and use of gas distribution networks is entering the home stretch and will be presented in a short time.

The Energy Community’s leading gas conference took place on 20 September in Ljubljana. Gathering more than 140 stakeholders, the 12th Gas Forum discussed the most pressing issues facing gas markets in the Energy Community Region and beyond.

EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti concluded a visit to Ukraine on Friday afternoon after meetings with the country’s President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groyssman and a speech at the annual meeting of the YES international conference.

National joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy and Russia's Gazprom would receive final decisions on the gas price formula in the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Naftogaz Head Andriy Kobolev has said.