KYIV. Jan 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Private joint-stock company Naftogazvydobuvannia, part of DTEK Naftogaz, increased natural gas production by 25.3% or 328.8 million cubic meters (mcm) compared to 2015, to 1.631 billion cubic meters (bcm), the company’s press service has reported.
Gas condensate production in 2016 totaled 56,100 tonnes, and this was 24% up on 2015.
The launch of three wells at the Semyrenkivske gas condensate field contributed to growth of gas and gas condensate production. Workover was carried out at four wells of the field
In addition, measures to intensify production at operating wells were conducted last year.
As reported, Naftogazvydobuvannia in 2015 increased gas production by 1.7 times compared to 2014, to 1.302 bcm and gas condensate – by almost 1.6 times, to 45,000 tonnes.
KYIV. Jan 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Nibulon Shipyard (Mykolaiv) will build a non-self-propelled B2000 vessel and three tugboats by the end of the 2016/2017 marketing year (MY, July-June).
According to a report on the website of the Nibulon agricultural enterprise, after that the company’s fleet will increase to 59 units.
Nibulon is implementing own shipbuilding program in cooperation with the European Investment Bank (EIB).
In 2017, Nibulon shipyard in cooperation with the EIB will complete the building of a series of non-self-propelled B2000 ships, launch a new Mykolayevets dredger.
“Due to this operation with the EIB, 100% load of the factory is scheduled for two years in advance,” the report reads.
Nibulon was created in 1991. It is one of the largest operators in the grain market of the country. It has elevators with a total capacity of about 2 million tonnes, as well as its own transshipment terminal of 5 million tonnes in Mykolaiv.
KYIV. Jan 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The state budget for 2017 envisages allocation of UAH 141.6 million for the medicines procurement for the public institution Institute of Heart of the Health Ministry of Ukraine.
According to the Health Ministry, the allocation of additional UAH 40 million of state funds is provided for the purchase of equipment.
At the same time the Health Ministry points out that it did not refuse the mentioned state institution in the development of the program of a mechanical heart installation. Thus, a letter with the request to provide financing while forming the state budget for 2018-2019 for the purchase of five mechanical hearts in the amount of UAH 462.75 million was sent to the Cabinet in accordance with the request of the Heart Institute.”
As reported, two surgeries on installation of mechanical hearts were carried out in the Heart Institute of the Health Ministry in 2016.
In early January 2017 Director General of Heart Center of the Health Ministry Borys Todurov criticized effectiveness of procurement conducted using state budget funds. However, some nongovernmental organizations said that this medical institution bought medicines using budget funds at too high prices.
In addition, Todurov accused the ministry of obstructing to the opening of branches of the Health Ministry’s Heart Institutes in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Meanwhile, according to the website of the Heart Institute, on December 26, 2016 its branch was opened in Severodonetsk (Luhansk region).
The Health Ministry believes that the branch was opened in violation of the statute of the state institution the “Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health.”
KYIV. Jan 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is convinced that this year we can expect progress on visa liberalization by Japan for the Ukrainians and the growth of direct Japanese investment in the Ukrainian economy.
As the presidential press service reported on Wednesday, during a meeting with Japanese ambassador to Kyiv Shigeki Sumi, timed to mark the signing of the decree on celebration the Year of Japan in Ukraine by Poroshenko, the president “expressed his belief that this year there will be a progress on visa liberalization to simplify visits to Japan for Ukrainians, as well as activation and increase of direct Japanese investment in the Ukrainian economy.”
Poroshenko gave examples of successful Japanese investment projects in 2016, which are already working in the west of Ukraine and creating thousands of workplaces. “This is a great characteristic of the level of confidence and the level of support that the Japanese business and the Japanese government demonstrate in relation to Ukraine,” the president said.
Ukrainian president extended an invitation to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit Ukraine this year.
KYIV. Jan 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the financial plan for 2016 for public joint-stock company United Mining-Chemical Company managing Vilnohirsk state mining and metallurgical plant (Dnipropetrovsk region) and Irshansk state mining and processing plant (Zhytomyr region).
The plan is approved by government resolution No. 1053-r dated December 28, 2016.
The published documents do not contain financial indicators for 2016.
A well-informed source told Interfax-Ukraine that net revenue for 2016 was projected at UAH 2.248 billion, spending at UAH 1.781 billion, net profit – UAH 483.66 million and payments of all taxes and duties to the national budget – UAH 577.125 million.
United Mining and Chemical Company started operating in August 2014 when the Ukrainian government decided to transfer Vilnohirsk state mining and metallurgical plant and Irshansk state mining and processing plant to its management.
KYIV. Jan 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – In the coming days the Ministry of Finance will submit the draft law on the establishment of the Financial Police for consideration of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, “for which business is waiting for and the IMF memorandum refers to,” Finance Minister of Ukraine Oleksandr Danyliuk said.
“At the end of 2016, due to a technical error, the Verkhovna Rada actually announced the tax police outside the law starting from January 1, 2017 […] Is it worth to fix the mistake again legalizing repressive tax police? It is obvious that it is not. It is necessary to move only forward,” Danyliuk wrote on his Facebook page.
According to the minister, the development and approval of the draft law were completed in September 2016.
The document provides for a number of basic principles on which it is planned to create the Financial Police: replacement of a power approach to an analytical approach; reduction of personnel up to 2, 500 people (with 15,000 now); non-interference in the work of honest business; staff renewal through a transparent competition and an independent selection committee, representatives of the security staff – no more than 25%; salaries, which will reduce the risk of corruption and provide an opportunity to attract the best staff.
“We plan to submit a draft law to the government at the next meeting and send the bill to the parliament after its approval. It is desirable the deputies will avoid “clerical errors,” Danyliuk said.
