Platts: Ukrainian power giant DTEK begins natural gas imports
Ukrainian privately owned utility DTEK has started importing natural gas from Europe into Ukraine and plans to import up to 100 million cubic meters of gas in July, the company said Thursday.
DTEK Trading, the Switzerland-based trading arm of DTEK, said that import volumes for the remainder of 2013 would be set based on the "economic conditions in the Ukrainian and European gas markets."
Ukraine opened up its gas import market to private companies several years ago. A senior government official said last week that anyone can import gas into Ukraine.