Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned gas company, has pumped 40 billion cubic meters (bcm) via Ukraine’s transmission system in 2020.

The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, discussed bilateral cooperation with Ukrainian diplomats in Cairo.

The Russian Energy Minister, Alexander Novak, and his Turkish counterpart, Berat Albayrak, signed a bilateral agreement in order to build the TurkStream undersea gas pipeline.

Tehran is in talks with German companies over exporting gas to Europe. The country has signed a number of gas contracts with major international firms including German Siemens, Russian Gazprom, and South Korean Kogas.

After the completion of Ukraine’s 2015/2016 heating season, natural gas stocks that are stored in the country’s underground facilities have increased by 16.7% or 1.406bcm.

CEO of Russia’s energy giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller, has announced that Russia is ready to start supplying Ukraine with its requested gas volume of 3bcm in the third quarter of 2016 at a price rate of $167.57 per 1,000 cm.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will provide Ukraine’s Nadezhda LPG, a wholesale and retail distributor of LPG, gasoline, and diesel fuel, with a $15m loan to finance the expansion and upgrading processes of the company’s existing network of more than 50 retail stations in Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions.

Ukraine will likely turn down Russia’s most recent offer of supplying the country with natural gas at a price of $177 per 1,000 cm in the third quarter of 2016.

Iranian President called for cooperation between Iran and Ukraine in fields of energy and transit.

The Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine said that the country is ready to make its underground gas storage facilities available to foreign companies, including Turkish ones, for its further transportation to the EU.