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On numerous requests subsoil users regarding changes to the provision of special permits for subsoil use approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 30.05.2015 № 615, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 28.01.2015 № 42 "Certain questions deregulation of economic activity," State Service of Geology and mineral resources of Ukraine informs.

Management PGR Chinese province of Shandong reported on April 8th largest gold deposit exploration. According to experts 3rd SIC exploration of the region, the total resources of the asset categories (332) + (333) (in Chinese classification) is 69 tons. In terms of pure gold. Currently under okonturuvannya deposits and calculation of recoverable reserves and economic, work will continue until the end of the III quarter of 2015.

In the oil and gas sector against the backdrop of lower oil prices occurred most in the past decade purchase concern Royal Dutch Shell British BG Group. As the expert on commodity market Eugen Weinberg told to german edition DW, it could give impetus to a number of similar mergers.

Exploration companies UK Oil and Gas Investments (UKOG) released preliminary estimates of reserves oil field discovered near London. According to The Telegraph, the total recoverable reserves - about 8.6 billion barrels, which represents approximately 20% of all the oil pumped out of the North Sea over the past 40 years. If we proceed from the current price of $ 58 per barrel, oil deposits worth about $ 500 billion. It is the largest onshore fields discovered in the UK in the last 30 years.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine filed a cassation claim to the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine against PJSC "Natural Resources", LLC "East Geological Union", LLC "Cube-Gas", LLC "Tisagaz", LLC "Energy service company" Esko-Pivnich " PJSC "Neftegazdobycha" JV "Poltava gozoneftyanaya Company", LLC "Naftogaz-Alliance", PJSC "Dniproazot" and PJSC "Rovnoazot." It is reported single state register of court decisions Ukraine.

The Verkhovna Rada has supported in the second reading and the whole bill number 2250 "On the natural gas market." For a decision voted 290 people's deputies at the minimum required 226. During consideration of people's deputies rejected the amendment vnefraktsionnyh MP, a member of the party "Freedom" Yuri Levchenko, according to which the privatization of the Ukrainian GTS is prohibited by a private investor.

One well for the extraction of unconventional gas in the Kharkiv region will create 106 new jobs. This opinion was expressed Roman Nitsovich, program manager of the analytical center DIXI Group, during the expert analysis of the round table on the topic "Social and economic benefits of projects, exploration and production of unconventional hydrocarbons, which are realized in the world," which takes place in the SEC "Psyche".

April 6, People's Deputy of Ukraine, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Energy, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety Alexander Dombrowski took part in the roundtable "From Accountability to justice", which was held at the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine. The event, organized by the Kiev International Energy Q- Club and the Center of Global Studies "Strategy of the 21st century" was a continuation of the discussion of the results of the project "Independent monitoring of resource and financial flows from the production of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons in Ukraine within the framework of production sharing agreements."

Adoption of the Law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine concerning the strengthening of the Extractive Industries Transparency in Ukraine" will not only improve the control system by domestic natural resources, but will also help improve the investment climate in the country. This is the conclusion reached by the participants of the round table "Legislative initiatives to strengthen the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative", which took place on April 6 in Kiev.