Ukraine's Ukrgasvydobuvannya company head gets replaced

MOSCOW. June 28 (Interfax) - Sergei Lagno was appointed the acting general director of Ukraine's JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya (UGV) in Oleg Tolmachev's place, Ukrainian media outlets said with a reference to the Naftogaz group's press service on Friday.

The supervisory board and the management board of the Naftogaz of Ukraine national joint-stock company approved the relevant decision on Friday.

"Lagno is a highly qualified specialist with almost twenty years of working experience in hydrocarbon production. He has two technical university degrees in oil and gas equipment and oil and gas production," the press service said.

As reported, Tolmachev become the UGV head in January 2023, replacing Alexander Romanyuk.

In 2022, UGV's production of commercial-grade natural gas dropped 3% to 12.5 billion cubic meters year-on-year. It produced 13.224 bcm of gas in 2023, 0.679 bcm more than in 2022.

Naftogaz owns 100% of UGV.