The European trading division of Naftogaz of Ukraine has received certification for trading in biomethane, which is important given the group’s interest in developing its market, said Denys Kostyuk, head of the business development department of Naftogaz.
“An important direction for us is the development of the biomethane market, because we have all the necessary infrastructure for this. Recently, our European trading company (Naftogaz Trading Europe AG – EP is engaged in trading in Europe) received certification for trading in biomethane. Now we are offering offtake contracts to its sellers on market terms,” Kostyuk said during the Energy Day-2025 of the European Business Association (EBA), which was held in Kyiv on Wednesday.
In a comment to journalists on the sidelines of the conference, he noted that Naftogaz offers biomethane producers “absolutely everything, from connecting plants to the network to buying back products.”
“We are trying in every way to stimulate private companies to invest in the biomethane production sector. We are interested in this for the development of our business, the use of our infrastructure. We assure you that there are all opportunities for quick, high-quality connection of plants, in order to store and transport biomethane. We are ready to provide conditions for the purchase of biomethane on a par with European companies,” explained Kostyuk.
According to him, NAC can buy biomethane for its European company and resell it in Europe, since under current Ukrainian legislation only the producer can export it.
“This may be interesting for Ukrainian producers, because cooperating with us will be more interesting and easier than with European traders: you do not need to create a separate staff, study the terms of sale,” noted the head of the NAC department.
He emphasized that the company is working to attract as many producers as possible.
Kostyuk also added that a corresponding service center for potential biomethane producers has been created on the basis of LLC “Gas Distribution Networks of Ukraine”.
As reported with reference to the Chairman of the Board of the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine, Georgy Geletukh, there are already four biomethane plants in Ukraine, one of which produces bio-LNG, and three more, including one for the production of bio-LNG, are planned to start operating in 2025. Since February 2025, Ukrainian biomethane has been exported.
