Ukraine sets ambitious shale gas agenda

摘要

London—Ukraine sees the development of its vast shale gas resources as one solution to its dependence on Russian gas imports, and last week’s $10 billion agreement with Shell to develop the Yuzivska shale gas reserves in eastern Ukraine is evidence of the pulling power of the country’s potential. Ukraine’s energy minister Eduard Stavytskiy has said the project could produce up to 20 billion cubic meters/year of gas within a decade—just about equal to the country’s current imports of Russian gas.