Ukrgazvydobuvannia boosts gas deposit exploration efforts by 50% in 2023

In January-September, Geophysical Directorate Ukrgazpromgeofizyka, a branch of JSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia, completed 2,000 deployments to take samples from promising deposits, which is 50% more than made January through September in 2022.

That’s according to Naftogaz Group’s press service, Ukrinform reports.

In September, Ukrgazpromgeofizyka made 266 sampling deployments to promising gas deposits.

"More than 2,000 trips have been made over the nine months of 2023. This figure was 50% higher year-on-year," Naftogaz reports.

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It is noted that Ukrgazpromgeofizyka performs more than 80% of geophysical studies at Ukrgazvydobuvannia wells. On average, each well is researched for three days.

As reported, JSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia in January-September 2023 paid UAH 17.78 billion for the lease of deposits.