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WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST 25-31.05.2015

 
The main news in the last issue of oil and gas digest was the meeting of Supervisory board of Ukrnafta. Despite the sharp combat of the private shareholders and the state representative NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, some agreements were reached. In particular, the date of the shareholder’s’ meeting was set – 22 of July, as well as the main points of agenda that includes the replacement of company’s management. The largest shareholder of Ukrnafta, NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine that owns 51%, insists on this.
 
CONTENTS

OIL AND GAS FIELD WEEKLY REVIEW
UKRAINIAN COMPANIES
Ukrnafta’s Supervisory Board approved the date and the agenda of the shareholders ‘ meeting
The government allowed Naftogaz to pay for consulting and auditing services
Naftogaz expects to hold a meeting with Gazprom and the European Commission before the end of June
Gas production increased by 0.9% for 4 months 2015
Oil production decreased by 8.9%, gas condensate production - by 7.6% for 4 months 2015
Naftogaz paid 162 million USD to Gazprom since early May
Ukrnafta’s rental payment debt grew up to 5.5 billion UAH
INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
JKX got the right to develop a new field in Ukraine
Regal Petroleum completed 2014 with a net profit of 5.8 million USD
INFRASTRUCTURE
Ukraine imported 989 MMCM of gas over three weeks of May
Gas consumption decreased by 20.4% in April 2015
Seven fields for shale gas exploration in Kharkiv region will be put up for auction
POLITICS AND WORLD
A new look at drilling
Issues of national gas production in Ukraine
Why energy reforms are being cancelled
Dissentient energy: Yatsenyuk versus Poroshenko
The Prime Minister gave AMCU three months to uncover monopolistic conspiracies
Gas demonopolization: look for a one who benefits