KYIV. July 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Public joint-stock company Ukrgazvydobuvannia has announced a tender to carry out 40 more hydraulic fracturing projects for the total cost of up to UAH 195 million (VAT included).
Ukrgazvydobuvannia said in the ProZorro e-procurement system that the tender is divided into two lots 20 hydraulic fracturing projects each for one year each with the expected cost of up to UAH 97.5 million.
Bids can be submitted by July 20.
Hydraulic fracturing will be conducted at the gas and gas condensate wells of Shebelynka and Poltava gas divisions in the depths of 2,800-5,000 meters.
KYIV. July 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Public joint-stock company Research and Industrial Center Borschahivka chemical and pharmaceutical plant plans to launch a new pills and gelcaps production line in 2019.
The company’s press service reported that the capacity of the new line will be 500 million pills and gelcaps a year, which would allow boosting the total pills and gelcaps production capacities by almost 30%.
The project is being implemented using own funds of the plant. The enterprise wants to expand warehouses and open a new warehouse in 2019.
By late 2018, the plant seeks to invest UAH 317 million in upgrade of production facilities.
KYIV. July 11 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Visit Ukraine tourism website with information about tourism potential of the Ukrainian regions and cities in foreign languages is to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2017.
The Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine at the end of June 2017 approved this in the action plan for 2017 to implement the tourism and resorts development strategy until 2026 (order No. 958).
Along with the Economic Development and Trade Ministry the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry and local authorities will design the website and provide content.
The interactive database containing information about tourism and recreation resources of Ukraine will be created in the fourth quarter to establish the national tourism tours network.
It is planned to create tourism and information centers for fully independent travellers (FITs) and draw up a concept for retaining and developing narrow gauge railroads as important tourist attractions.
The ministry expects that the Infrastructure Ministry and regional administrations would improve the organization of logistics between the regions.
KHARKIV. July 11 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Public joint-stock company Kharkiv Tractor Plant in January-June 2017 met the tractor production target for the period, the owner of the enterprise and President of DCH Group Oleksandr Yaroslavsky has said.
“Of course, [the target is met]. Around 500 tractors have been made,” Yaroslavsky told reporters in Kharkiv last week.
He said that after a long idle period Kharkiv Tractor Plant lost markets and now it is working on restoring them.
“We are wining them back. In a year all the markets were lost, all 100%. Imported analogs occupied Ukraine,” he said, expressing hope that the annual target will be met.
“We will try. We will do what we have promised,” he said.
As reported, Kharkiv Tractor Plant resumed operations early February 2017 after a 10 month idle period. A total of 302 tractors were made from February through April.
Yaroslavsky said that the plant intends to produce 150 tractors every month. Some 30% of products will be supplied to the domestic market and the rest of the tractors – to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Iran.
KYIV. July 11 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko put forward an initiative to build a state-of-the-art ammunition plant in accordance with the NATO standards in the country at a meeting of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council.
“I would like to give several examples of directions, where the means provided by the Defense Ministry will be used. The first one: I suggested building an ammunition plant using the state-of-the-art technologies in full conformity with the NATO standards that would ensure mutual compatibility of the produced armaments of the main calibers,” Poroshenko said on Monday.
A total of UAH 1.4 billion are planned to be allocated for the implementation of this initiative, the Ukrainian president said. It would provide an opportunity to ensure production of weapons in Ukraine from the domestic materials, he said.
Poroshenko pointed out the priority of this direction due to the need of restoring the lost production infrastructure, which had happened following the occupation of certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
KYIV. July 11 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Wizz Air airline (Hungary), the largest low cost air carrier in Central and Eastern Europe, has announced new special tariffs from EUR15 for passengers affected by the cancellation of all flights of Ryanair (Ireland), the largest airline in Europe, from Ukraine.
According to a press release from the Hungarian carrier, passengers who have tickets for canceled Ryanair flights between Kyiv and London or Eindhoven, as well as Lviv and Berlin or Wroclaw can book Wizz Air flights through its website or the airline’s call center and during the trip they will need to bring their original booking documents.
These fares are valid for one-way flights, including taxes and fees for travelling until November 30, 2017 including the availability of seats. The number of tickets is limited by the capacity of the aircraft. Re-booking must be carried out by July 17.
“Wizz Air launches tariffs from EUR15 to EUR35 to minimize inconveniences for Ryanair passengers affected by today’s cancellation of flights of this airline. Wizz advises booking places as quickly as possible, because the offer at special prices will be available in accordance with availability of vacant seats,” the report says.
At present Wizz Air offers its passengers 21 low cost routes to eight countries from the airports of Lviv and Kyiv.
