Employees of JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya have resumed the operation of several surface facilities in the de-occupied territory of Ukraine, and are getting ready for putting another facilities into operation. This will bring to additional increase in production by nearly 500 thousand cubic meters of natural gas per day.
From the first days of full-scale military invasion, some of the Company's facilities were either on the temporarily occupied territories, or in the zone of active military actions. A significant amount of wells, infrastructural facilities and equipment was either damaged and destroyed, or their operation had to be partially suspended or completely shut-in.
During the spring, simultaneously with the successful promotion of our military forces, Ukrgasvydobuvannya started to resume its operations in pre-frontline areas, often under shelling and bombing.
As autumn came, the Company began to regain access to its assets on the de-occupied territories and currently it takes measures on resuming their operation as soon as it becomes possible in terms of security and technical accessibility.
"Thanks to our military forces, the number of fields being under occupation or in the zone of active military actions, has significantly decreased by now. Step-by-step, we are re-gaining access to our wells, infrastructural facilities and equipment. As soon as the territory is mine-cleared, we perform the repair and put them into operation. We have already succeeded in bringing the performance of some infrastructure facilities to the pre-war level. Next steps is this regard are equally important for supplying the country with gas. We make every possible effort in order to resume operations in the de-occupied territories as soon as it is possible, because we know how much each cubic meter of gas is important for the country," Oleksandr Romaniuk, Ukrgasvydobuvannya Acting Director General, said.
Returning these facilities back into operation made it possible to resume gas supply to the inhabitants of the de-occupied territories.