OREANDA-NEWS. March 06, 2013. In January-February 2013 State Joint Stock Company Chornomor NaftoGas produced 227 million cubic meters of natural gas. Compared with the results of the same period in 2012 growth was 31.7 %, or more than 54 million cubic meters.

A significant increase in natural gas production is the result of active work of the company on re-reconstruction of operating and commissioning of new fields in the Black Sea. First of all - Odesa gas fields.

Mastering the production on using high-tech rigs Peter Hodovanets and Nezalezhnist will Chornomor NaftoGaz in 2013 to increase the annual production of natural gas in the Black and Azov seas by 40 percent and bring it up to 1 billion 649 million cubic meters.

Thus, the results will be an important part of fulfilling by the Chornomor NaftoGaz of the program to increase threefold natural gas production - from 1.05 billion cubic meters in 2011 to 3 billion cubic meters in 2015.