KIEV, Nov. 10 ??“ Ukraine, which depends on Russian crude oil supplies, ordered a feasibility study to see whether the country can get additional oil supplies from the Caspian region, Middle East and North Africa.

The study will be performed during the next 12 months by the Energy and Fuel Ministry, Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, and UkrTransNafta, the state oil shipping monopoly.