Ukraine has the potential to reduce the import of gas in three to four times due to own production and implementation of energy efficiency measures, said Deputy head of "Naftogaz" Sergey Kanovitz at the "round table" on Tuesday. "Ukraine has a very large potential to increase production, and if this potential is actually used, according to our assumptions, presumably for five To seven years will be possible greatly to increase production and bring it supposedly is currently 20 billion cubic metres mined, approximately 25-27 billion cubic meters ", - said Deputy head of the organization. according to him, the country could reduce its gas imports from 20 billion to 5-7 billion." in the future, this together with projects to improve energy efficiency can also give the same effect and also in five to seven years, the import of gas to Ukraine will be reduced from the current 20 to somewhere 5-7 billion, and in the next ten years can be very easy to become self-sufficient and an exporter of gas, " - said the Deputy head of the organization. However, according to his statement, to do this in the 1st place need investment in the sector.