The Ukrainian Week speaks to Alan Riley, Professor of Law at the City Law School, City University of London, about Ukraine’s energy potential, its weak spots and the prospects of the South Stream

After export of liquefied gas to US decreased, Western energy companies are happy to supply Ukraine with gas, but there are still a lot of obstacles, including the interests of oligarchs whoa are close to Yanukovych and Gazprom, The Economist says.

On Tuesday, Ukrainian Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Eduard Stavytskyi and representatives from Chevron signed a 50-year agreement with the Ukraine to develop oil and gas in western Ukraine.

Ukrainian government has selected an international consortium led by ExxonMobil and Shell to develop the Skifska natural-gas field in Ukraine's sector of the Black Sea, RFE/RL reported

After the first two gas revolutions – natural gas in the 20th century and unconventional fuels in the early 21st century – the world seems to be on the eve of a methane hydrate era

Shell’s Vice President on Ukraine Graham Tiley talks to The Ukrainian Week about Shell’s Ukrainian partners and inflated fears of the damage shale gas production could do to the environment

President Viktor Yanukovych regime and his Family will first and foremost benefit from shale gas extraction in Ukraine, Alexander J. Motyl, American historian and professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, writes in his blog on The World Affairs Journal.

The main groups of influence within the conglomerate in power are trying to use the gas confrontation with Russia to achieve their own ends

Shale gas extraction, if implemented, could turn Ukraine into an influential player on the European gas market

Edward Chow: “The Ukrainian authorities seem to put themselves in an ever worse position”