KYIV, Dec 27 - The National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) has issued licenses for natural gas supplies to Rinat Akhmetov's DTEK Oil & Gas and Himvektor LLC whose ultimate beneficiary is Dmytro Firtash via Cyprus's Valanox Investments Limited.

A corresponding decision was made by the commission at a meeting on Wednesday.

Licenses were also issued to a subsidiary of the Swiss trader DufEnergy, DufEnergy Ukraine LLC, to Fortex Energy LLC of CEO of WOG Sergei Koretskyi, TAS Energy of the Country LLC of Sergiy Tigipko, PrJSC LINIK controlled by Russia's Rosneft, and LPG trader Startnafta Ukraine LLC.

In total, the commission issued licenses to 24 companies.