Offshore oil and gas field in the Crimea gave to the firm, which is associated with Kurchenko
Requested by Russia in the Crimea section of Deep underwater oil and gas fields in the Black sea gave a private company the “New projects”. It is associated with the former head of Rosnedr Valery Pak. Other sources claim that the firm is oligarch Sergei Kurchenko of the “family” of Yanukovych.
Ukrainian company “New projects” received the license on this site back in 2012. However, there did nothing. And indeed the activities of the company all these years was zero. About it writes “Kommersant”. After the annexation of Crimea, Russia has simplified the conditions of the renewal documents and licenses received from the Ukraine for activities in Crimea. Therefore, the “New projects” that have been resold, walked a lot of requirements of the Russian legislation on the development of such deposits should be the only company with state participation more than 50%, the inspection bodies of the Ministry of defense, FSB, various ministries and the like. Permission to receive a license for 30 years signed in the summer of last year, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
The main owner of the company “New projects”, according to official figures, is an entrepreneur Anton Corrostop, which is close to the family of the former head Rosnedr Valery Pak. However, sources point to a likely new owner – businessman-fugitive Serhiy Kurchenko.
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At the end of last year, “New projects” Rosnedra announced that in 2017 they intend to make a plan of exploration at the site Deep. For eight years, the company wants to drill the well search.
The plot is Deep, according to preliminary data, can be up to 8.3 million tons of oil and 1.4 billion cubic meters of gas.
The oil and gas market experts say, “New projects” – generally unknown in the industry. In the company there is no adequate equipment to study the offshore and drilling. Other companies are unlikely to help her in this, for fear of Western sanctions.