On December 30, NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" initiated the sale of 15% of gas of own production at the Exchange in order to control the level of competition on gas market of Ukraine. Practice of gas markets liquidity support as an instrument of wholesale markets opening in order to enhance competition and as an instrument of antimonopoly regulation is vide spread in the European countries. International experience of state programs launching, providing for the sale of natural gas at Exchanges (Gas Release Programs, GRPs) shows that competitive sales of domestic natural gas can balance supply and demand in the market and stabilize prices.

According to natural gas Exchange trades results at UEEX in 2020 it was realized 2,5 bln. c. m. of natural gas, that is 6 times more than it was in 2019.The increase in sales volumes, in particular, was facilitated by an increase in the number of exchange traders. The company from the structure of NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" - LLC "GPK" Naftogaz Trading "- since July 2019 is an active initiator of trading sessions and plays an important role in increasing liquidity at UEEX. A short-term market has also been launched, where trading is carried out on the intraday market, as well as on the day-ahead market. UEEX trading systems have shown their efficiency and reliability in accompanying trading sessions of different load levels in terms of number, activity of participants, volumes of resources, etc.

"Every day we work on the formation of the Exchange market according to European standards that meet the principles of openness, transparency and competition. UEEX trading systems meet the established technical and technological requirements, as evidenced by international quality certificates. The confidence of market participants in UEEX is confirmed by the dynamically growing trading volumes. In general, a further increase in sales of Naftogaz of Ukraine a positive effect on the Ukrainian natural gas market", - said Oleksandr Kovalenko, UEEX CEO.