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Naftohaz of Ukraine ((ウクライナ語:НАК "Нафтогаз України"), literally "Oil and Gas of Ukraine"), is the national oil and gas company of Ukraine. It is a state-owned company〔(Ukraine sets gas offer but wants no middleman ), Reuters (7-1-2009)〕 subordinated to the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine. The company is involved with extraction, transportation, and refinement of natural gas and crude oil. Ukraine's system of trunk natural gas pipelines and underground natural gas depots is operated by Ukrtransgaz, a subsidiary of Naftohaz.〔(Natural gas transit through Ukraine down 24.8% year on year ), Kyiv Post (November 16, 2009)〕 Another subsidiary of Naftohaz, Gas of Ukraine, is responsible for domestic gas distribution to the local district heating companies.〔(Gaz Ukrainy demands urgent payment of debts of heat supply companies ), Kyiv Post (October 14, 2009)〕 Naftohaz is a major Ukrainian employer with 175,000 workers. It received more than $6 billion of subsidies in domestic bonds from 2009 to 2012 as regulated gas prices and expensive Russian energy imports led to heavy losses. Former PricewaterhouseCoopers management consultant Andriy Kobolyev took over as CEO after the 2014 Ukrainian revolution tasked with reducing the country's dependence on Russian gas and reforming the company's business practices. ==History== The company was founded in 1998 after previously being named Ukrgazprom.〔 As of 2009, the company had 38,200 km of high pressure gas transit pipelines and more than 30 billion cubic meters of gas storage capacity. This major gas infrastructure located between Russia and the European Union has led the company to feature prominently in regional politics. Naftohaz has been seen as one of the biggest sources of corruption in Ukraine for years with many of the country's billionaires having acquired much of their wealth through gas arbitrage based on differences between the prices of Russian gas imports, gas exports to the EU and government energy subsidies to homes and businesses.〔 In October 2014, George Soros named Naftohaz to be "a black hole in the budget and a major source of corruption" and called for a radical reform of the company, which could "totally eliminate Ukraine's dependence on Russia for gas".〔 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty produced a short documentary entitled "The Palaces of Ukraine's Oil and Gas Men" about the homes of Naftohaz management during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych, who was overthrown in 2014 (). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Naftogaz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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