USTDA Supports Ukraine's Efforts to Expand Gas Production
August 15, 2012
(USTDA)
KYIV, UKRAINE – Strengthening the energy
security of Ukraine is the goal of a grant
awarded today to the state-owned Ukrainian
natural gas production company
UkrGasVydobuvannya (UGV). The grant will
provide technical assistance to UGV to assist
Ukraine in expanding domestic production of gas
and gas condensates, thereby reducing Ukraine's
dependence on foreign sources for energy. As
part of the technical assistance, the project
includes the preparation of a pilot gas
condensate production project.
The grant was signed at U.S. Embassy in Kyiv.
Ambassador John Tefft and UGV Director Yurii
Borisov signed the grant agreement on behalf of
the U.S. government and UGV, respectively. The
signing was witnessed by the Ukraine Minister
of Energy and Coal Industry, Mr. Yuriy Boyko,
and the Commercial Attaché of the U.S. Embassy,
Ms. Cheryl Dukelow.
In recent years Ukrainian gas production has
declined, hampered in part by gas condensates
in older fields cutting off gas production. UGV
will use the technical assistance to invest in
well workovers and other gas production
enhancing techniques. Implementation will
extend the life and production rates of
existing natural gas wells and allow for new
gas condensate production.
"A pilot project to expand natural gas
production with modern technologies, pioneered
in the United States, will help Ukraine on its
path to increased energy security," stated
Regional Director Geoff Jackson. "We are
pleased to partner with UGV in this endeavor."
Next, UGV will select a U.S. contractor to
perform the technical assistance. The
opportunity to conduct the USTDA-funded
technical assistance will be competed on the
Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website. A
link to the FBO announcement will be posted to
USTDA's website at www.ustda.gov. Interested
U.S. firms should submit proposals according to
the instructions in the FBO announcement.
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