​Naftogaz Group has appointed Sanzhar Zharkeshov as Deputy Head of the Upstream Division. A manager with wealth of experience in implementing oil and gas projects in 17 countries will assume responsibility for the exploration and development of gas fields.

​As part of the transformation, Naftogaz Group abolished the Integrated Gas Business division and instead created the Upstream division and the Commerce division.

​Four laboratories monitoring the quality of gas and oil products received accreditation certificates from the National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine (NAAU) and ILAC MRA for compliance with the requirements of DSTU ISO/IEC 17025:2017 “General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories”, which confirm the competence, impartiality, and consistent operation of laboratories.

​In January-March 2020, JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya, a member of Naftogaz Group, contributed 205 MUAH of rental payments to the local budgets where the company produces hydrocarbons.

In 2019, JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya, a member of the Naftogaz Group, received UAH 104.4 billion from the sale of gas and liquid hydrocarbons. The company's contributions to state and local budgets in the form of taxes and dividends to the shareholder accounted for 60% of this amount (UAH 62.7 billion).

Despite the crisis conditions in global and Ukrainian energy markets, Ukrgasvydobuvannya, which is a member of the Naftogaz Group, managed to maintain commercial gas production rates at the level recorded during the same period of the previous year with deviations within the range of minus 0.4%.

​According to the results of the open tender, Naftogaz Group has attracted an international company, Expert Petroleum, to increase hydrocarbon production on fields of JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya in Western Ukraine.

​JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya has completed the workover of the well at Abazivske field in Poltava region. Its daily production rate increased from almost zero to 98 tcm.

​Andrew Favorov leaves the position of the Director of Integrated Gas Business of "Naftogaz of Ukraine", as well as the person who temporarily exercises the duties of the General Director of JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya.

​JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya, in January-February 2020, has paid 147 mln UAH to local budgets, in the territory of which the Company carries out hydrocarbon production.