| There are three Petroliferous provinces in | | | | international companies such as Shell, |
| Ukraine. In the west, there is the Carpathian | | | | ExxonMobil and Marathon f.inst has developed |
| hydrocarbon region, in the east we have the | | | | into joint ventures in the country both in |
| Dnipro-Donetsk region, or Donbas hydrocarbon | | | | the upstream as well as the downstream |
| province, and in the south there is the Black | | | | segment of the oil and gas industry. |
| Sea and the Crimea hydrocarbon province. | | | | |
| | | | A report published in 2007 by myself ( will |
| Ukraine's hydrocarbon resources are estimated | | | | give you an overview of scientific work |
| at 7-8 billion tons of fuel equivalent. | | | | performed in Ukraine hydrocarbon provinces. |
| | | | Work has been performed by local scientists |
| Average annual oil and gas production amounts | | | | but also from a variety of scientists around |
| to 18 billion cubic meters of natural gas and | | | | the world. Ukraine has been had interest from |
| 4 million tons of crude oil, and covers 25 % | | | | lots of scientists for many years, but only |
| of the demand for natural gas and 13 % of the | | | | the latter years has attracted the attention |
| demand for crude oil in Ukraine. | | | | of international industry. The last few years |
| | | | even the larger multinational oil and gas |
| Crude oil and natural gas are imported | | | | companies have been bidding for acreage both |
| primarily from Russia, or through Russia from | | | | onshore and offshore Ukraine. |
| Turkmenistan (natural gas) and Kazakhstan | | | | |
| (crude oil.) | | | | The report is organized into geological |
| | | | regions, however some articles span over |
| Oil and gas make up 59 % of the primary fuel | | | | several regions, and will therefore be found |
| consumption in Ukraine, including 41 % | | | | in several places in the report or only in |
| natural gas and 18 % petroleum. | | | | one of these. |
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| In a report compiled by myself there is | | | | Recent 2D seismic shot in the Black sea, |
| provided a brief overview of Ukraine's oil & | | | | reveals several potential larger structures |
| gas resources and production; oil & gas | | | | ranging from the simple structural to more |
| storage and transportation system; oil | | | | complex stratigraphic traps that have a large |
| refining and gas processing system; oil & gas | | | | potential for hydrocarbons. Some of the traps |
| field machinery market; and major projects in | | | | also have potential hydrocarbon indicators |
| the oil & gas sector. | | | | associated with them, and therefore |
| | | | constitute high potential structures. Some of |
| Several scientific studies have been done in | | | | the structures could be in the billion barrel |
| Ukraine, and a large amount of interest from | | | | oil field size. |