OREANDA-NEWS. January 23, 2013. Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov forecasts that an Agreement with Royal Dutch Shell on joint distribution of gas extraction products in Yuziv area will be signed on January 24. He announced during his meeting with foreign mass media.

“Kharkiv and Donetsk regional councils have approved decisions which afford signing of an agreement on joint distribution of the production on January 24,” Mykola Azarov explained. 

The Head of Government added that industrial development of the mentioned gas field can give to Ukraine additional 8-11 billion cubic meters of gas annually.

At the same time the Head of Government feels pity that deputies of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regional councils have not approved a respective decision with Chervron concerning Oleska area yet.

“In Ukraine’s west the matters go slow. The majority in Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regional councils consists of well-known political forces,” he explained.

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Predictable resources of Yuzivska area (Kharkiv and Donetsk regions) are evaluated to be 4.054 trillion cubic meters of gas.

Predictable resources of Oleska area (Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions) – 2.98 trillion cubic meters of gas.