Ukraine's Naftogaz Launches 11 New Gas Wells in 2023

Ukrainian state-owned energy company Naftogaz, which is trying to meet the country's needs with domestic production, has launched 11 gas wells so far this year, the company said on Monday.
Ukraine, which has not imported natural gas directly from Russia since 2015, buys gas from the European Union and says it is focusing on domestic production, Reuters reported.
"In the first half of 2023, our company has already commissioned 11 high-performance wells with the production of more than 100,000 cubic meters per day each. Four of them produce more than 300,000 cubic meters per day," the company said.
Naftogaz has not disclosed the location of the well, but most of Ukraine's gas fields are in the Kharkiv and Poltava regions, which have been under frequent missile fire since the Russian invasion in February 2022.
The energy company is Ukraine's largest gas producer, with an output of 12.5 billion cubic meters in 2022. It has said Ukraine plans to increase its natural gas output by more than 5% in 2023 to 19 bcm despite the Russian invasion.