Shell to spend $2 million annually on social services
Kyiv, February 8 (AZERTAC). The company Shell in the period of exploration effort will annually spend $2 million on social programs of Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, expert in Shell`s relations with the local community, Valentyna Hekova, said.
"At the stage of exploration, the funding of social programs is planned in the amount of $2 million annually. To determine the orientation of social investment, a special coordinating body will be created, composed of representatives of territorial communities, the gas mining company and nongovernmental organizations," she said.
Hekova noted that at the initial stage the share of Ukrainian personnel in the project will be 60%. In the transition to commercial production of gas, the number of jobs for local specialists will increase to 80%.
At the first stage, the international company will make 15 exploratory wells in the Yuzivske field. These activities will allow estimating the reserve of hydrocarbons and will make it possible to decide on its further development.
As reported, Ukraine signed in Davos on January 24 a contract with the oil and gas group Royal Dutch Shell on the distribution of products from the mining of shale gas in Yuzivske field in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions.
Yuzivske gas field covers 3 districts in Kharkiv region and 7 in Donetsk region.
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