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Gosgeonedra and NAK Naftogaz launched the development of the largest gas field in the country: they signed a purchase agreement for a 99% stake in the authorized capital of Nadra Yuzovskaya LLC, which owns the right to exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the area by Yuzovsky. This is reported on the service website.
“The implementation of the agreement on the hydrocarbons division in the Yuzovskaya area, with an area of more than 7.5 thousand square kilometers, which was in the status of the most ‘inactive’ license of the decade, has begun to be unlocked,” he said. Roman Opimakh, president of the State Geology and Mineral Resources Service.
NJSC Naftogaz may acquire the final rights to the specified share after obtaining the consent of the Antitrust Committee of Ukraine for the concentration. In addition, Naftogaz signed an agreement on the acquisition of 1% of the authorized capital of Nadra Yuzovskaya LLC, which belongs to the Geological Research and Production Center of Ukraine, a subsidiary of NAK Nadra Ukrainy. As a result, Naftogaz will become the sole owner of Nadra Yuzovskaya.
According to Andrey Kobolev, director of Naftogaz, the company will be ready to start developing the Yuzovskaya area as soon as possible after completing official procedures.
“On the one hand, we see great potential in this area to increase the Company’s hydrocarbon resource base. On the other hand, we already have extensive experience and unique knowledge, because we operate in the immediate vicinity of this area,” said Kobolev .
As a reminder, on December 16, 2020, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine made it possible for NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine to acquire a 100% stake in Nadra Yuzovskaya LLC. The Yuzovsky area is located in the Dnieper-Donetsk oil and gas basin on the territory of the Donetsk and Kharkov regions. Site area – 7.9 thousand square feet km.