With state gas production flat last year, attention turns to private company participation Wednesday in Ukraine’s online auctions of 10 gas and oil fields for exploration and production.

With state gas production flat last year, attention turns to private company participation Wednesday in Ukraine’s online auctions of 10 gas and oil fields for exploration and production. Ariel Cohen, an Atlantic Council senior fellow, writes in Forbes of last January’s Ukraine oil and gas conference in London where “questions about Naftogaz dominance, the fiscal regime, and regulation left most attendees skeptical.” Participation in the March 6 auction, he wrote, “will be an important indicator of market sentiment.”