Three oil and gas-bearing regions are concentrated in Ukraine

Oil and natural gas deposits are mostly complex and are divided into oil, oil and gas and gas oil, oil and gas condensate and gas condensate non-oil deposits by genetic types.

The majority of hydrocarbon reserves (oil, gas condensate, and natural gas) lie within the Eastern oil and gas region, which, accordingly, accounts for the largest volumes of production. 76.50% of natural gas reserves were located in the Eastern region, while 14.24% and 9.26% were located in the Western and Southern oil and gas regions, respectively. of natural gas reserves, and in the Western and Southern oil and gas regions - 14.24% and 9.26%, respectively.

As of the end of 2020, the total volume of natural gas reserves in Ukraine amounted to 719,064 million cube m, which is 7.60% less than in 2019.

Among the administrative regions, the largest volumes of natural gas reserves are located in Kharkiv, Poltava and Lviv regions - 39.75%, 29.50% and 9.55% of the total reserves in Ukraine, respectively. The largest number of natural gas deposits are located in these regions. In particular, out of all 467 natural gas fields in Ukraine, 101 fields are located in Poltava region, 83 fields are in Kharkiv region, and 76 are in Lviv region.

Of all the natural gas fields located in the territory, one is considered large - the Shebelinsky field of Kharkiv region and is being developed by JSC "Ukrgazvydobuvannya". Zahidno-Khrestyschenskoe is a large field - also developed by JSC "Ukrgazvydobuvannya" in Kharkiv region. Another 9 deposits are considered medium, 18 deposits are small, 90 deposits are small, and the remaining 348 deposits are very small. The largest natural gas deposits and their amounts of balance reserves are indicated in the table below.

According to the data of DNVP "Geoinform of Ukraine", as of the end of 2019, the volume of balance reserves of natural gas of 458 deposits in Ukraine was estimated at 778 195 million cubic meters m. 77.92% of all balance natural gas reserves of Ukraine are concentrated in the Eastern region, in particular, Kharkiv and Poltava regions have the largest reserves - 39.64% and 31.31%, respectively. The balance reserves of natural gas in the Western region made up 13.53% of the total reserves of Ukraine, among them the Lviv region accounted for 9.11%. The remaining 8.56% of reserves are located in the Southern oil and gas region.

In 2019, according to the degree of industrial development, 485 of all fields containing natural gas reserves were distributed as follows:

As of January 1, 2019, total natural gas reserves amounted to 804,369 million cubic meters. m, which is 3.02% less than in the previous reporting period. Most of the deposits are located in the Eastern region (78.45%), namely in the territories of the Kharkiv (39.52%) and Poltava (31.90%) regions. The volume of natural gas balance reserves of the Western region is 13.27%, most of which (8.81%) are located in the territory of the Lviv region. The southern region has small reserves (8.28%), half of them are located on the Black Sea shelf (4.66%).

According to the State Balance of Natural Gas Reserves as of 01/01/2019, 444 fields are considered. Gas deposits in Ukraine are divided into the following groups according to the volume of balance reserves:

By degree of industrial development as of 01.01.2019:

According to the data of the Geoinform of Ukraine DNVP, the increase in natural gas balance reserves as a result of geological exploration works on the territory of Ukraine in 2020 amounted to 9,327 million cubic meters. m, of which 7,386 million cubic meters are at the enterprises of Naftogaz of Ukraine JSC. m, and at enterprises of the private sector of the economy - 1,941 million cubic meters. m.

In 2019, as a result of geological exploration works on the territory of Ukraine, there was an increase in the balance reserves of natural gas in the amount of 17,540 million cubic meters. m, of which 15,772 million cubic meters are at the enterprises of Naftogaz of Ukraine. m, and at enterprises of the private sector of the economy - 1,768 million cubic meters. m.

In 2018, the increase in natural gas balance reserves amounted to 21,806 million cubic meters. m, including the state sector (JSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine") - 16,210 million cubic meters. m, commercial structures - 5,596 million cubic meters. m. According to new deposits and deposits, the increase was 8,139 million cubic meters. m, which is 37.32% of the total increase in recoverable natural gas reserves in 2018.

According to the data of DNVP "Geoinform of Ukraine", the volume of natural gas production in Ukraine amounted to 20,308 million cubic meters. m in 2020. 93.01% of the total volume of natural gas production was in the Eastern oil and gas region.

In the Western oil and gas region, 6.95% of all natural gas was produced, and only a small amount was produced in the Southern oil and gas region on the shelf of the Sea of Azov.

Kharkiv and Poltava administrative regions are the leaders in natural gas production - 45.49% and 43.48% of the total volume, respectively.

In 2020, JSC Ukrgazvydobuvannya (subsidiary of JSC Naftogaz of Ukraine) traditionally remained the largest company in terms of natural gas production volume in Ukraine - the company provided 70.09% of the total production volume. The largest of the private companies, PJSC Naftogazvydobuvannya, produced 9.05% of the total volume of natural gas production. Ukrnafta PJSC (a subsidiary of JSC Naftogaz of Ukraine) was the third largest producer of natural gas in 2020 (5.52%).

In 2020, the total volume of natural gas production in Ukraine decreased by 2.01%. At the same time, the largest decrease was observed among companies with state participation (by 4.33%), while the volume of production by private companies, on the contrary, increased by 6.00%.

In 2019, the volume of natural gas production in Ukraine amounted to 20,724 million cubic meters. m. Almost all of it was concentrated in the Eastern oil and gas-bearing region, which accounted for 93.49% of the total volume of production. Within the Eastern region, the Kharkiv and Poltava administrative regions are the leaders in terms of production volumes - 9,732 million cubic meters. m (46.92% of all oil produced in Ukraine) and 8,708 million cubic meters. m (42.02%), respectively. In the Western region, 6.47% of natural gas was extracted. In the Southern region, extraction was carried out from the shelf of the Sea of ​​Azov in small volumes (9 million cubic meters). m or by 1.07%. In particular, a significant decline in natural gas production occurred in Kharkiv (by 280 million cubic meters) and Dnipropetrovsk (by 134 million cubic meters) regions. A relatively significant increase in production volumes was observed only in the Poltava (by 94 million cubic meters) and Lviv (by 89 million cubic meters) regions. in comparison with 2017 and amounted to 20,949 million cubic meters. m. The largest increase was observed in the territories of the Lviv (14.54%) and Chernihiv (12.12%) administrative regions. million cubic m or 94.00%. Kharkiv (10,003 million cubic meters or 47.75%), Poltava (8,614 million cubic meters or 41.2%) and Dnipropetrovsk (521 million cubic meters or 2.49%) administrative regions had the highest oil production rates.

In 2018, the following companies became the leaders in natural gas production volume:

In 2018, state-owned companies produced a total of 16,581 million cubic meters. m of natural gas or 79.15% of the total volume. The volume of extraction by private companies amounted to 4,368 million cubic meters. m or 20.85%.

As part of the preparation of the EIA Report for 2020, three sources of information were used to disclose information on the cost of oil and natural gas extraction in Ukraine: data from the State Statistics Service, the calculation by the Independent Administrator of the value of extracted products based on open data sources, and information on revenue from accountable mining companies provided by them in accordance with the requirements of the EIA Law. According to the State Statistics Service, in 2020 the volume of realized products of the oil and gas extraction industry (types of economic activity B06 "Extraction of crude oil and natural gas" in accordance with KVED-2010) amounted to UAH 84,126.4 million. The calculation of the cost of extracted natural gas and oil was carried out in order to obtain appropriate disaggregated information, since such information is not publicly available. This can be explained by the fact that there are no completely unregulated markets for mining products in Ukraine. The calculation of the production cost of the oil and natural gas industry by the Independent Administrator was based on the weighted average of oil and natural gas prices during the reporting year of 2020, and amounted to UAH 78,886.43 million for natural gas.

and natural gas in Ukraine as part of the EITI Report for 2019, two sources of information were used: the calculation by the Independent Administrator of the value of extracted products based on open data sources and information on the revenue of accountable extractives provided by them as part of the preparation of the EITI Report for 2019. Based on open sources, the Independent Administrator calculated the value of oil and natural gas production. The calculation was carried out in order to obtain disaggregated information, taking into account the lack of accurate information on the cost of oil and natural gas extraction (explained by the absence of completely unregulated markets for extractive products in Ukraine). The calculation of the independent administrator was based on the weighted average indicators of oil and natural gas prices during the reporting period, and the cost amounted to UAH 117,878.11 million. three sources of information were used:

The State Statistics Service data on the production of goods and services reflect the value of the total volume of products, which is the result of the production activity of economic entities (residents) in the reporting period. According to the State Statistics Service, the total output of the crude oil and natural gas industry in 2018 amounted to UAH 163.38 billion, or 1.84% of the total output of goods and services in Ukraine. The independent administrator was based on open data and conducted for the purpose of obtaining disaggregated information. Due to the absence of completely unregulated markets for extractive products in Ukraine, there is no accurate information on the cost of oil and natural gas in open data sources. The calculation of the independent administrator was based on the weighted average indicators of oil and natural gas prices in 2018.

The cost of natural gas produced in Ukraine in 2018, according to the calculation of the Independent Administrator, amounted to UAH 175,034.13 million and UAH 163,383.00 million according to the State Statistics Service.

Unlike the previous year, in 2020 Ukraine exported natural gas. The volume of natural gas export was 20.73 thousand cubic meters. m worth 3.02 thousand dollars. USA and was distributed among three countries: Slovakia (65.36% of the total volume), Bulgaria (23.70%), Austria (10.94%).

Relative to 2019, natural gas imports decreased by 22.30% and amounted to 9.14 billion cubic meters m worth 1,464.82 million dollars. USA. Natural gas was mainly imported from Slovakia (35.48%), Switzerland (19.64%), Hungary (16.70%). It should be noted that the information of the State Statistics Service reflects information on commercial flows of gas in the import mode, and not on physical receipts to the Ukrainian GTS. A significant part of natural gas was received under the regime of "customs warehouse" and was not recorded by the State Statistics Service as an import.

In 2019, 11.77 billion cubic meters were imported. m of natural gas, which is 12.37% more than the previous year. In particular, compared to 2018, the share of Switzerland in the total volume of imports has increased, it is 44.47% (5.23 billion cubic meters worth 1,017.16 million US dollars). Other supplier countries include Germany (29.09% of total imports), Poland (5.69%), the Czech Republic (5.13%), Hungary (4.71%), France (3.38%) and others.

Ukraine did not export natural gas as in 2018, as well as in 2019.

The volume of natural gas imports in 2018 compared to 2017 decreased by 24.89% and amounted to 10.47 billion cubic meters. m. Switzerland (3.91 billion cubic meters worth USD 1,165.42 million) and Germany (3.18 billion cubic meters worth USD 938.24 million) remained the largest supplier countries, accounting for 37.29% and 30.33% of the import volume, respectively. Other suppliers include Poland, Great Britain, Hungary, the Czech Republic and others.