The western Ukraine affiliate of state gas company Naftogaz plans to invest $200 million by 2020 to increase production by 40%

The western Ukraine affiliate of state gas company Naftogaz plans to invest $200 million by 2020 to increase production by 40%, Oleksandr Sendega, head of Lviv region’s energy department, tells Interfax-Ukraine. Lvivgazvydobuvannya develops 40 gas and condensate fields in five western Ukraine regions. By 2020, it plans to receive permits for 40 new fields. Producing 75% of Ukraine’s gas production, the state energy company is under growing public pressure to ramp up production — and to make room for private producers.